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While JUI was punished, bureaucrats left alone

Sunday, November 16, 2008 By Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: It is not only JUI chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s front men but also well-connected senior bureaucrats who enjoyed the luxury of leased land on unbelievably low rates in Dera...

Illegal allottees ejected from NWFP land

Sunday, November 09, 2008 By Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: The NWFP authorities on Saturday successfully completed their operation to get 6,049 kanals of the government land vacated in Dera Ismail Khan from the illegal possession of...

ACT Rapid Response Payment: Balochistan Earthquake, Pakistan

Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland Rapid Response Payment Request No. 26/2008 Funds Sent To: Church World Service - Pakistan/Afghanistan (CWS-P/A) and Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) Amount Sent: CWS P/A: US$ 31,167...

Pakistan: Baluchistan Quake

On Wednesday morning an earthquake shook the eastern section of Pakistan tipping the Richter Scale at a massive 6.5. The most devastated region was Ziarat, a remote location in Baluchistan. It resulted in more than 300 deaths,...

Government and aid agencies respond in Pakistan’s quake-affected province

World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe office (MEERO) By Syed Haider Ali & Andrea Swinburne-Jones After consultation with the Pakistan Humanitarian Forum consortium and assessing needs and the government’s and general NGO...

World Food Programme To Provide Food To 20,000 People Displaced By The Earthquake In Balochistan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is to provide food assistance to nearly 20,000 people who lost homes and belongings in the earthquake that struck parts of Balochistan province on Wednesday.

More aftershocks felt in Quetta, Sibbi, Noshki

QUETTA: More tremors of the earthquake have been felt in Quetta, Sibbi and Noshki on Wednesday.. According to DG Met Office Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry, these were the aftershocks which were recorded 4.4 at richter scale. The...

Pakistan earthquake kills at least 150

A powerful earthquake jolted parts of southwestern Pakistan early Wednesday, leaving at least 150 people dead and hundreds more injured, officials said. The 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Quetta, the provincial capital of...

Over 100 dead in Balochistan quake

QUETTA: More than 100 people have been killed in an earthquake in struck parts of Balochistan whereas scores of people still trapped under the rubbles. Dozend of injured are under treatment as government has imposed emergency...

80 killed as quake hits southwest Pakistan

Islamabad (PTI): At least 80 people were killed and scores of others injured when a powerful earthquake rocked parts of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Wednesday, officials said. The temblor triggered...

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