Archive for the October 29, 2005
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning to restructure its $57 million multi-sector rehabilitation and improvement project for Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) following the earthquake which devastated AJK and parts of NWFP on October
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The UN Security Council on Friday condemned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comment that Israel should be "wiped off the map". "The Security Council condemns the remarks about Israel attributed to Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of
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Jordan on Friday staged a telethon to gather funds for the victims of Pakistan's massive earthquake, raising more than half a million dollars in the first hours of the campaign. By mid-afternoon some 420,000 dinars
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Over 210 branches of commercial banks in the earthquake-affected areas of Azad Kashmir and NWFP have been made functional due to efforts of the State Bank and the concerned banks' management, said a handout on
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The bail plea of Muhammad Ramzan Khawaja, an accused in Alliance Investment Company scam was dismissed here on Friday by a division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice
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British involvement in Iraq has so far cost the country nearly 3.1 billion pounds (4.56 billion euro, 5.4 billion dollar) up to the end of March this year, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on
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Nato airplanes have transported some 450 tons of UNHCR aid to quake-stricken Pakistan from a military base in southern Turkey, the UN refugee agency said here Friday. The airbridge between the Incirlik base in southern
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Nato insisted on Friday its support for relief efforts in Pakistan was only a short-term mission after local opposition leaders raised concerns about the presence of foreign forces on Pakistan's soil. "This is a short-term
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Nato insisted on Friday its support for relief efforts in Pakistan was only a short-term mission after local opposition leaders raised concerns about the presence of foreign forces on Pakistan's soil. "This is a short-term
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Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday brushed aside the opposition's criticism that North Atlantic Treaty Organisation troops had been allowed, saying Nato was permitted to send only doctors and engineers for relief and rehabilitation work.
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