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Yes to Indian copters sans pilots: FO
Staff Report

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Monday said it would accept helicopters from India for the relief operations in its earthquake affected areas, if they were offered without pilots.
Foreign Office spokes-person responding to a question about Indian aid said Pakistan was already receiving relief goods from India and appreciated this assistance  >> >>
 

UN calls for quake rebuilding moot
By Our Diplomatic Correspondent

ISLAMABAD—A conference of rich countries will take place in Geneva next week to assess Pakistan’s needs for rebuilding its earthquake-devastated north, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said on Monday. The conference called by the United Nations would be held on October 24, she told a weekly news conference. “We are grateful to the international community for their response. It reinforces our faith in human family,” she said. Assessment of the damage caused by October 8 earthquake that devastated >> >>
 

 

PM unveils quake rehabilitation plan
By Uzma Zafar

ISLAMABAD—Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Monday expressing his deepest condolences to the bereaved families who lost their loved ones in the devastating earthquake said the government would ensure early rehabilitation of the affectees and announced 12-point strategy plan for this purpose. Chairing a special meeting of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council here at Prime Minister’s Secretariat, the Prime Minister said the government was committed for early rehabilitation of the affected people. The Prime Minister said he had issued >> >>
  
 

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