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US volunteers find Pakistan more friendly than feared

BATTAL—Doctor Mary Burry has seen ethnic strife in Kosovo, War in Iraq and Afghanistan. She had terrible apprehensions about volunteering in Pakistan, a country she heard so much and equated with terrorism and violence.
“Like most Americans, I had the idea that this is a pretty dangerous place to be”, she says, adding >> >>
 

Govt, Opp fail to mend fences on quake rebuilding
By Uzma Zafar

ISLAMABAD—The Combined Opposition while expressing stern reservations on parliamentary committee role established in the backdrop of devastated earthquake said that relief activities should go on under the supervision of parliament and Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Bureau should be appointed from civil instead of military institutions. The Combined Opposition would present to government today (Thursday) its compiled proposals >> >>


 

President promises full account of quake funds
Says Rs250b to be spent on rebuilding - Decries Opposition’s role in donors’ moot
By Zulfiqar Ahmad

ISLAMABAD—President General Pervez Musharraf launched a national movement Wednesday to make a coherent use of the countrywide spirit of volunteerism in rebuilding quake-damaged areas as world pledges for reconstruction assistance rose to US dollars 6.1 billion dollars. I am confident that with organized participation of volunteers, the government and the armed forces, we will improve lives of quake survivors and demonstrate our >> >>

 

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