MUZAFFARABAD. (AFP) - The search for survivors in quake-hit Pakistan was being abandoned as rescuers battling blocked roads and a shortage of helicopters focused on getting aid to remote mountain villages.
In Muzaffarabad, the devastated capital of Pakistani Kashmir, army spokesman Major Faroo

The U.N. agency said the international relief effort must focus on keeping children alive in the weeks ahead. It said it was sending high protein biscuits, boots and sweaters for children, blankets, water containers, plastic tarpaulins, tents, medical supplies and blankets to affected areas.
"With

People are wondering as to where all the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have vanished after the earthquake disaster that hit the country on October 8.
In different gatherings here in the capital city, people are talking about the missing NGOs which, they say, have been seen very active until

for World Jewry spokesman: . American Jewish organizations including the American Jewish Congress-Council for World Jewry, the Joint Distribution Committee, and the American Jewish World Service are already raising funds for Pakistan relief. The decision to accept financial support and equipment fro

They made this appeal during a meeting Monday that decided to set up a federal relief commission for coordinated efforts in the unprecedented large scale rescue and relief operations, launched in the wake of Pakistan's worst earthquake that has claimed several thousand lives and caused destruction i

in relief and reconstruction aid, U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker said.
"The magnitude of this disaster is utterly overwhelming," Crocker said. "We have under way the beginning of a very major relief effort."
The United Nations said more than 2.5 million people were left homeless by Saturday's mons

"There are cities, there are towns which have been completely destroyed. Muzaffarabad is devastated," he added,
Around 3,000 people were killed by the quake in Muzaffarabad. The worst hit place was Bagh, 40 kilometres southeast of Muzaffarabad, Farooq said.
Between 6,000 and 7,000 people are est

Pakistan's army described the damage as widespread and said it included villages buried in quake-induced landslides.
Pakistan's Geo television quoted Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan, the Pakistani army's chief spokesman, as saying 1,000 people were feared dead. Pakistani army officials who flew over quake

Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto said the PPP stood for women's rights and regarded women as the Mothers, daughters, sisters of the country whose life, liberty and right to happiness was a fundamental rights.
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto said that PPP Founder Quaid e Awam Zulfikar Ali Bhutto emancipated women of

The incident of rape happened in a village named Chak No. 110 D.B, Yazman in district Bahawalpur at 9.00 pm on 30 August 2005. Rukhsana was returning visiting her aunty to her home when Nazir Ahmed (Jeera) allegedly kidnapped her at gunpoint and took her to the nearest New Apostolic Church. He enter

The former vice-captain attended a religious gathering in Karachi on Sunday night, along with skipper Inzamam-ul Haq and during his speech, he refuted charges that he had buckled under pressure from fellow cricketers.
''Nobody pressurised me to accept Islam. I became a Muslim after attending many r

Her "Coordinators" and Marilyn Hickey herself became worried and angry on the "announcement" of Bishop Nasir who is currently running champagne to expose "False Prophets" who come to Pakistan with so called "Healing Crusade" and mislead the Christians in Pakistan with their "Miracles". He published

The entire lay leadership of the Anglican church in Iraq is missing and feared dead after being attacked on a dangerous road west of Baghdad.
The five Iraqis were last heard from on 13 September when they reported they had already being attacked travelling on road between Ramadi and Falluja.
Chu

CHANDIGARH: An India-born Punjabi woman - who first married a Pakistani and later an Indian - has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Chandigarh to untangle her citizenship crisis.
Shahida Parveen, 29, from Malerkotla town married Pakistani national Mohammed Shehbaz of Lahore in 1996. S

Mr. Zhang was escorted out of the camp by ten police officers. Instead of letting him go home, they first took him to a police station, where he was
"instructed" as to what he may or may not say to the outside world. According to CAA's reliable source, the local PSB refused to return Zhang's ID ca