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Creation from the womb of devastation

ISLAMABAD—Two lakes have developed in Chakkar area of Jhelum valley due to landslide from a huge mountain, Director General ISPR Major General Shaukat Sultan said Tuesday. These lakes have >> >>
 

Quake victims in need of World support: Stoltenberg
Peace process hinges on Kashmir resolution: Premier
By Our Special Correspondent

ISLAMABAD—Norwegian Prime Minister Stoltenberg Tuesday praised Pakistan’s impressive economic growth after meeting Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz here and said this would encourage companies from Norway to invest more in the country. After 90 minutes of formal talks that included one-on-one meeting, the two Prime Ministers witnessed signing of agreements on cultural cooperation and on family problems arising out migration between the two states. “You >> >>


 

128 killed as Iranian plane hits building
Foreign Desk Report

TEHRAN (Iran)—A military transport plane loaded with Iranian journalists and trying to make an emergency landing slammed into a 10-story apartment building, ripping open the top of the structure and igniting a huge fire. At least 128 people were killed. All 94 people on the plane were killed, most of them Iranian journalists heading to cover military maneuvers in the south. Thirty-four residents of the apartment building also died, and 90 were injured, Tehran state radio  >> >>

 

• ‘Registration to help bring Madaris into mainstream’
• PTCL employees’ termination matter referred to senate body
• Tourism Ministry directed to check travel agents for human smuggling
• SC seeks report on buildings falling in Danger Zone
• SSP Traffic asks citizens to abide by traffic rules
• Soomro for greater interaction between national, int’l think-tanks
• Govt committed for preserving, developing water resources: Nouraiz
• ‘Special vaccination campaign to be launched in quake-hit areas’
   

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