Karachi, News Trends: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the devastation inflicted by the floods was unexpected, adding that as many as 19 districts of Sindh would be affected by the floods.
Talking to media after reviewing flood situation in Sukkur, the PM said that the flood are wreaking more havoc than the earthquake that hit Azad Jammu and Kashmir and northern areas of Pakistan in 2005. He called upon the affluent to donate generously for flood-hit people. The PM maintained that the losses incurred by the floods could not be assessed. He said that all the concerned departments are directed to carry out coordinated rescue efforts. The Premier said that governments first priority is to rescue those marooned in wake of the deluge. He urged the global community to help Pakistan in this hour of need.

ISLAMABAD: In occupied Kashmir, veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani has rejected the fresh offer of talks by Indian Home Minister, saying that talks with the India will serve only Indian interests.

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Ali Gilani rejects fresh Indian talk offer

PESHAWAR: Activities for relief and rehabilitation of flood affectees continued in Khyber-Pakhtunkwa despite heavy rain that lashed almost whole province on Saturday.

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KARACHI: A meeting on the law and order situation in Karachi has been underway on Saturday with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in chair.

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Gilani chairs key meeting on Karachi situation

RIYADH: A Saudi telecom official says a ban on BlackBerry messenger service in the kingdom has not taken effect pending ongoing negotiations with its Canada-based maker to avert the shutdown.

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HAVANA: Fidel Castro plans to attend a special session of Cuba’s parliament on Saturday, the latest step in the revolutionary’s public re-emergence after years spent out of the spotlight following emergency intestinal surgery.

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BEIJING: Rescue workers were rushing to free seven workers trapped in a gold mine in eastern China on Saturday after an underground fire killed at least 16.

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KARACHI: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani will chair a meeting over the law and order situation in Karachi today.

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PM to chair key meeting on Karachi situation today

LOS ANGELES: Sony Music will put on sale a collection of 10 previously unreleased songs by the late pop star Michael Jackson in November, Rolling Stone magazine reported.

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani spoke to Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad over telephone and expressed grief and sorrow over the assassination of MQM Member Sindh Assembly, Raza Haider.

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PM phones governor over Karachi situation