Archive for the October 26, 2005
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Nobody seems happy with the US credit-card industry these days -- not the consumers who use the cards, the retailers and merchants who accept them, or the lawmakers who oversee the industry. The merchants accuse
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Capacity building has in recent years become a catch-word among NGO support organisations and generally refers to Non Government Organisation Support Organisations (NGOSOs) efforts to strengthen the organisation and activities of partner NGOs and Community-Based
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Coming in the midst of the horrendous aftermath of an unprecedented natural calamity, the decision of the Cabinet Committee on Earthquake Relief, Reconstruction, and Rehabilitation, at its meeting last Saturday, to observe Eid-ul-Fitr in a
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According to a report that appeared in this paper the other day, the World Bank has expressed its disappointment over the fact that Wapda has failed to determine and notify tariffs for its different semi-independent
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Two more British army Chinook helicopters have joined the fleet of helicopters busy in the relief and of the affected people in the earthquake areas. The helicopters, which were brought to Islamabad in a C-17
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Chairman Cabinet Relief Committee, Revenue Minister, Malik Mohammad Nawaz Khan has convened a meeting of Relief Committee on October 27 at 8 pm at Prime Minister Secretariat, Muzaffarabad. The meeting will also be attended by
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The affected families of the October 8, devastating earthquake in Bagh district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir have started reconstruction of their shattered houses on self help basis keeping in view the fast approaching chilling
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Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Tuesday said three of the six mobile phone companies operating in the country had launched their service in Muzaffarabad and other parts of Azad Kashmir following
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Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Shaukat Sultan said on Tuesday that Pakistan Army wasted no time in coming forward to rescue earthquake-hit people in Azad Kashmir and NWFP. The earthquake occurred at
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President General Pervez Musharraf has summoned the session of Senate on November 11, at 3:00 pm to meet in Parliament House. This will be the 24th session of the Senate. Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan,
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