Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said the ADB, World Bank and the United Nations are jointly assessing damage in the quake-hit areas and stressed the need for quality construction of buildings and houses in future

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Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has cancelled visits to Lebanon, Syria and Jordan owing to the grave situation at home in the aftermath of October 8's earthquake. The PPI learnt officially that the Prime Minister has

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will meet his Pakistani counterpart Shaukat Aziz in Moscow on Wednesday to discuss China's plan to help the earthquake victims, this was announced by the spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry

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Pakistan's official team that left Islamabad on Tuesday for Geneva to attend UN conference scheduled for October 26, will urge the world community that it should come forward in a big way and donate maximum

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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan will try to raise urgently needed aid for Pakistani quake victims at a meeting with governments in Geneva on Wednesday with just three weeks to go before snow grounds the relief

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Ireland pledged a further two million euros (2.4 million dollars) on Tuesday to support earthquake relief operations in Pakistan, bringing its total contribution to five million euros. "The affected population is heading into a harsh

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A four-member Greek medical team consisting of medical experts and surgeons is working in the calamity-hit areas while two members of the team are active at PIMS Islamabad in surgeries. The Greek team arrived on

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World leaders have been sending messages to express their profound sympathy for the catastrophe of earthquake that resulted in great loss of lives and houses in Pakistan. The world leaders in their condolence messages, addressed

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The Sri Lankan community in Karachi will donate their blood for the victims of the earthquake at a camp organised at the Sri Lankan Consulate General in Karachi on Wednesday. Majyd Aziz, founder chairman of

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The government of Saudi Arabia has diverted all Saudi airliners, operating jumbo cargo world-wide, to Pakistan to airlift 30,000 tents to the quake-ravaged areas, Ambassador Awad Al Asseri said on Tuesday. Talking to APP, he

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