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Faisalabad

A 7.6 earthquake hit the Pakistan-India border region on the 8th of October, 2005. Recent news articles mentioning Faisalabad .

Pakistan diary 04 Dec 2005
Telegraph.co.uk, ...cricketers will play a charity golf match for the Pakistan earthquake appeal ... final was staged - even though no home side were involved as Faisalabad Wolves beat ...

Marks out of ten - Pakistan 04 Dec 2005
CricInfo.com, ...doing, every one of his 431 runs came when Pakistan needed them most, none more so than his record-breaking second-innings century at Faisalabad, a masterpiece ...

Kaneria describes Flintoff wicket as one of the best of his career 04 Dec 2005
Khaleej Times, England’s Ashes win with 24 wickets and 402 runs finished with 13 wickets and 125 runs at an average of just 20 in Pakistan his highest being 56 in Faisalabad ...

England team spirit weathers security restraints Nov 30, 2005
Daily Times, While the team were playing the second test in Faisalabad, reserves Collingwood, Prior and ... attend a golf day on Sunday to raise money for earthquake victims. ...

England weather security restraints Nov 30, 2005
Rediff, ...in a Royal Air Force (RAF) helicopter to deliver aid to earthquake victims. ... The smaller cities of Multan and Faisalabad, where the first two tests were staged ...

Visa restrictions no damper on Indo-Pak Expo Dec 1, 2005
The Tribune, ...its nod for signing of MoU between Agricultural University, Faisalabad, and Punjab ... He appealed to Punjabis to contribute generously for earthquake affected in ...

World in brief Nov 30, 2005
Times Online, The earthquake death toll stands at 73,000 in Pakistan and 1,300 in India ... Faisalabad: Armed police are guarding the prison where six men in one Pakistani family ...

Pakistan: Punjab government to provide help to earthquake victims ... Nov 20, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), Sialkot, Rawalpindi , Faisalabad and Gujranwala-- who left here today to participate in the relief and reconstruction campaign of the earthquake affected areas ...

ENGLAND'S cricketers are 8-1 fifth favourites to take the coveted ... Nov 22, 2005
Mirror.co.uk, ...with singer Keedie in the team's hotel in Faisalabad on Monday, will be released on December 12 with proceeds split between the Asian Earthquake Appeal and two ...

England cricketers record "Jerusalem" Nov 21, 2005
Reuters.uk, ...in their current tour of Pakistan, the team was in a Faisalabad hotel recording ... former players who have fallen on hard times, and the Pakistan earthquake appeal ...

Pakistan-Musharraf Musharraf announces quake reconstruction ... Nov 19, 2005
Islamic Republic News Agency, ...procedures set by his government and coordinate with the Earthquake Reconstruction and ... He said the affluent cities of Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad can adopt ...

CRICKET STARS AIM TO BOWL OVER CHARTS Nov 22, 2005
Community Newswire, The track was recorded in the team's hotel in Faisalabad while they are on tour in ... t think we realised the extent of the damage caused by the earthquake and it ...

Golden palanquin arrives from India Nov 29, 2005
Daily Times, ...people of Indian Punjab were grieved by the earthquake in northern ... of Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana and Agricultural University Faisalabad would sign ...

Frank Keating Nov 28, 2005
Guardian Unlimited, ...country beset by international turmoils, not least a savagely ghastly earthquake and its ... Allowing the run out of Inzamam-ul-Haq at Faisalabad was a dereliction ...

Karachi-based radio station closed for broadcasting BBC earthquake ... Nov 18, 2005
Reporters without borders, ...the station retransmitted a special programmme on the recent earthquake in northern ... news bulletins by Mast FM 103 in Karachi, Lahore, Multan and Faisalabad. ...

England cricketers record song, proceeds to quake victims Nov 22, 2005
Sify, ...series—and part of the proceeds will go to help the victims of the October 8 devastating earthquake in Pakistan. The track was recorded in Faisalabad in the ...

The far pavilions: Pakistan's dusty fields are fertile ground for ... Nov 19, 2005
Independent, A day later in downtown Faisalabad, eight games in various states of organisation were ... in some places and the catastrophic aftermath of the earthquake make for ...

The 'Puss' @ Lahore 1 Nov 29, 2005
sportnetwork.net, Money raised by the charity event will go to the Earthquake fund. ... Hassan Raza returns with batsman Kamal the 12th man in Faisalabad. ...

Pakistan: Governor sends 100 trucks of relief goodds for affectees Nov 17, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...by the citizens, industrialists, traders and commercial organizations & other welfare organizations of Faisalabad for the aid of the earthquake hit brethrens. ...

Arrested fidayeen was trained in Muzaffarabad Nov 16, 2005
Rediff, ..."He is twenty years of age and belongs to Faisalabad in Pakistan. ... When asked about claims that after the earthquake, the terror camps in Pakistan had been ...

on the record: Nov 6, 2005
Daily Times, FAISALABAD: The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) will not participate in an all ... He said that even though the October 8 earthquake was more devastating than the ...

Opposition stages token walkout in Senate Nov 16, 2005
Daily Times, Ministry rolled back the demand it placed on textile mills in Faisalabad to provide ... five points on the Line of Control had been decided before the earthquake. ...

40 teams of skilled manpower sent to affected areas Nov 12, 2005
Daily Times, Stadium on Saturday, which would visit the October 8 earthquake affected areas. ... said that more teams would be despatched from Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sialkot ...

England wait on Trescothick Nov 17, 2005
Telegraph.co.uk, ...of Jerusalem for a DVD aimed at raising funds for Pakistan's earthquake relief and ... not want him to miss the second Test, which starts in Faisalabad on Sunday. ...

ENGLAND'S cricket team swapped bat and ball for the microphone to ... Nov 21, 2005
Mirror.co.uk, The track was recorded in the team's hotel in Faisalabad. It's released on December 12 and all proceeds go to good causes - the Asian Earthquake Appeal and two ...

Traffic campaign starts in Islamabad Nov 9, 2005
Daily Times, Information Centre (PASTIC) will express their views on the recent earthquake and its ... FAISALABAD: A union council (UC) nazim was shot dead by four gunmen in ...

MMA not to participate in APC: Liaquat Nov 6, 2005
PakTribune.com, Addressing a Press Conference in Faisalabad the other day, he said that ... Liaquat Baloch said that the intensity of the devastating earthquake rocked the country ...

Quake survivors to reach Chakwal today Nov 3, 2005
Daily Times, CHAKWAL: All is set to welcome 1,000 earthquake survivors today (Friday ... FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Education Board has extended the date for submission of forms and ...

Pak-Eng 2nd test match: 1 injured in cylinder blast in Iqbal ... Nov 21, 2005
PakTribune.com, Pakistan took a firm grip on the second Test at Faisalabad thanks to ... by the English team officials to DCO Multan Iftiqar Babur for the victims of earthquake.

Troops storm hotel, kill rebel, capture another Nov 15, 2005
Economic Times, ...militant — identified as Ejaz alias Abu Umana — is a native of Faisalabad, Pakistan. He slipped into Indian Kashmir after the October 8 earthquake in the ...

Misappropriation of sugarcane cess widespread Nov 12, 2005
Daily Times, ...be utilized for the welfare and rehabilitation of the earthquake affectees. ... They claimed that the district administration in Faisalabad utilized the sugarcane ...

264 companies registered in October Nov 25, 2005
Daily Times, The CRO Faisalabad registered 14 companies and Peshawar, Multan, Quetta and Sukkur CROs ... overall sluggish activity in Ramadan and due to the earthquake in the ...

SEC registers 264 companies Nov 25, 2005
PakTribune.com, CRO Faisalabad registered 14 companies while Peshawar, Multan, Quetta and Sukkur CROs registered ... month of Ramadan and due to the 8 October`s earthquake in the ...

Imran Khan celebrates his 53rd birthday on 25th of November Nov 19, 2005
PakTribune.com, Birmingham while his last match was against Sri Lanka in 1991-92 in Faisalabad. ... Imran Khan who is currently busy in his campaign for earthquake affectees will ...

Quake-ravaged Pakistan seeks generous aid Nov 19, 2005
NewKerala.com, ...it needed $5.2 billion for rehabilitation of the Oct 8 earthquake victims. ... Cities within the country like Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad and cities across the ...

Compel The General Nov 5, 2005
Outlook (subscription), ...reopen the terrorist camps that suffered some, but not total damage during the earthquake. ... of the Babbar Khalsa now living in Lahore and Faisalabad and groups ...

16,000 schools and colleges destroyed Nov 14, 2005
Pakistan Dawn, ...was a deal aimed to benefit a federal minister from Faisalabad who was the owner of a textile mills. Later, taking part in debate on the earthquake and its ...

Collingwood likely to be preferred to Bell for Test Nov 4, 2005
Times Online, ...in subdued fashion out of sympathy for the stricken survivors of the earthquake in the ... 14 when he played his first Test, against Zimbabwe in Faisalabad in 1996 ...

New Delhi bombings Nov 8, 2005
Globe and Mail, Its cadres are participating in post-earthquake relief operations in Pakistan-administered ... Zubaydah, was arrested in a LET safe house in Faisalabad in March of ...

FPCCI to enhance relief contribution Nov 15, 2005
Daily Times, ...that the federation would open six tented schools in earthquake- affected areas ... Javed, 1,000 Jackets from Gujranwala, 2,000 quilts from Faisalabad and another ...

The Insider - November 17 Nov 16, 2005
Times Online, ...still hoped to film the team before the second Test in Faisalabad, starting on ... priorities and had done plenty of work for the Pakistan Earthquake Fund and Save ...

Three killed in grenade attack Nov 15, 2005
Gulf Daily News, ...native of Faisalabad, Pakistan, said Jammu-Kashmir state police chief Gopal Sharma. He said Ejaz slipped into Indian Kashmir after the October 8 earthquake in ...

- By Yusuf Jameel Nov 15, 2005
The Asian Age, ...revealed that Aijaz, alias Abu Samana, who hailed from Faisalabad town in ... Line of Control into Jammu and Kashmir after the devastating October 8 earthquake. ...

Pak based Lashkar suicide sqaud arrested Nov 15, 2005
Outlook (subscription), Sharma said Aijaz, 20, was a resident of Mansoorabad-Faisalabad (Pakistan). ... from Rajwar forests in Kupwara districts after October 8 earthquake giving credence ...

$ 100 million to be spent on rehabilitation, reconstruction of 3 ... Nov 8, 2005
Online - International News Network, ...in NWFP and AJK, which have been badly damaged by the earthquake. ... land acquisition, compensation and shifting of the utilized for Faisalabad-Khanewal Motorway. ...

25-hour long gunbattle ends Nov 15, 2005
GreaterKashmir.com (press release), ...who had recently infiltrated into the Valley after the October 8 earthquake from Rajwar ... Abu Sumaima son of Reyaz Ahmed Bhat of Mansoor Abad, Faisalabad Pakistan ...


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The Pakistani Red Crescent
The mission of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society as the leading non-governmental humanitarian organization, is to ameliorate the suffering of the most vulnerable people in distress without discrimination of nationality, race, religious belief, class, or political opinion.

Islamic Relief
Islamic Relief (IR) is an international relief and development charity, which aims to alleviate the suffering of the world’s poorest people. It is an independent Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) founded in the UK in 1984 by Dr Hany El Banna.

Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters, and exclusion from health care.

Oxfam International
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies -- (800) HELP-NOW
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