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Mangla

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

Chinese delegations call on PM Dec 1, 2005
Pakistan Link, ...a cheque of one million dollars for the rehabilitation of earthquake affected areas ... construction of 50MW Wind Park in Gharo near Karachi and Mangla Dam raising ...

ADB to finance hydropower project Nov 23, 2005
Daily Times, Project, so called because of its position on the escape channel from the existing Mangla power station ... AJK was badly affected by the October 8 earthquake. ...

AJK police use innocent family members as a Nov 22, 2005
Ispoline, ...of the kidnapped boy, his son, studying in the Army School Mangla, was waiting ... and Ejaz weaved a yarn about how the child had lost his parents in earthquake. ...

Pakistani Nation celebrates Eid with solemnity, simplicity Nov 5, 2005
Pakistan Link, Abbottabad, Murree, Mangla, Jhelum, Kharian, Gujranwala, Sialkot and Lahore. Later, General Ahsan Saleem Hyat visited Nauseri and Chakoti the earthquake areas ...

Quake-hit Azad Kashmir needs colossal relief to return to Normalcy Nov 18, 2005
PakistanTimes.net, Mangla Dam lake at Mirpur. Snowfall starts above 1500 M in the month of November. The present total population of AJK is around 3.5 million. The earthquake ...

Over 75000 Pak army troops engaged in relief operations Nov 3, 2005
Online - International News Network, ...hospitals at Rawalpindi , Peshawar, Nowshera Abbottabad, Murree, Mangla, Jhelum,Kharian ... a very cordial and congenial environment to the earthquake patients. ...

ADB to help finance first private sector hydropower project in ... Nov 23, 2005
PakTribune.com, ...because of is position on the escape channel from the existing Mangla Dam Power ... home to some of the areas worst affected by the devastated earthquake that hit ...

Over 75,000 troops of Pakistan Army to continue relief operation ... Nov 4, 2005
PakistanTimes.net, ...hospitals at Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Nowshera, Abbottabad, Murree, Mangla, Jhelum, Kharian ... Following October 8 earthquake over 11,000 patients were registered in ...

They can have F Nov 9, 2005
Hindustan Times, ...is a security requirement which is separate and there is an earthquake requirement which is totally ... Weren’t there troops in Murree, Rawalpindi, Mangla? ...

Army troops will continue to help survivors through Eid Nov 3, 2005
Daily Times, ...military hospitals at Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Nowshera Abbottabad, Murree, Mangla, Jhelum, Kharian ... a cordial and congenial environment to the earthquake victims. ...

Malaysian Medical Team in Bagh (19th to 30th October) Nov 14, 2005
PakTribune.com, Dr) Habib Ur Rehman, Commanding Officer, 89 Medical Battlion, Mangla Cantt ... The team has promised to extend the need of the earthquake victims to their Malaysian ...

Fourth relief centre opened Nov 14, 2005
Hindu, Mr. Usman Qayani said: "Earthquake has brought the two sides separated by the LoC ... The prime reason is the construction of Mangla dam on the Jhelum in the 1960s ...

Senate committee backs small dams’ construction Nov 16, 2005
Daily Times, The WAPDA chairman briefed the committee about the Mangla Dam Raising (MDR ... Karachi Northern Bypass, Lowari rail tunnel project and earthquake damages to road. ...

Construction of small dams to bring green revolution in ... Nov 15, 2005
Pakistan Link, Chairman, WAPDA briefed the Committee about Mangla Dam Raising (MDR) Project, Gomal Zam ... Northern by pass, Lowari rail tunnel project and earthquake damages to ...

Senate Body briefed on Gomal Zam Dam, MDR and Mirani Dam projects Nov 16, 2005
Online - International News Network, Chairman WAPDA briefed the Committee about Mangla Dam Raising (MDR) Project, Gomal Zam ... Northern By Pass, Lowari Rail Tunnel Project and earthquake damages to ...


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