ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): Acting Speaker National
Assembly Murtaza Javeed Abbasi has expressed shock and
grief over the loss of precious human lives and damage to the
property in the earthquake taht hit major parts of the
country on Monday.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): Minister for Finance Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar
Monday said the ministry would ensure provision of funds to National
Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and other institutions for relief and rescue activities.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain Monday
expressed profound grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives
and properties in wake of the earthquake.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): Member of National
Assembly and Patron-in-chief of Pakistan Hindu Council, Dr.
Ramesh Kumar Vankwani met with Election Commission of
Pakistan Justice (r) Sardar Muhammad Raza here Monday.
Talking to the media outside the Election Commission,
after meeting with CEC, he said, during the meeting, he shared
with the CEC, the concerns of the minority community living
in the district Tharparkar.
Dr. Ramesh appealed for deployment of Rangers
during the election and submitted the list of 77 polling stations
that were recently changed in the district.
“The Chief Election Commissioner has ensured to
consider the application on priority basis and marked its
copies to other EC members for discussion, and
necessary action,” he added.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Monday directed Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar Mahtab Ahmed to immediately mobilise tribal administration for relief, rescue and damage assessment.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): Chairman Capital Development
Authority (CDA), Maroof Afzal has directed to complete all ongoing
development projects, particularly those prioritized, within
given time frame, also maintaining the quality of work.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Distributors Association has called upon the government to take
action against unethical business forces in the LPG market for
extending relief to consumers.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Monday
directed relevant government organisations to continue effective measures for evacuation of remaining stranded tourists from Naran, Mansehra.
The Prime Minister appreciated the efforts of National Highway Authority
(NHA), National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), District Administration and Pakistan Army for providing assistance and for
evacuation of the people stuck due to heavy snowfall, land sliding
and road blocks.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Monday directed all federal civil and military agencies to declare
immediate alert and mobilize all resources to ensure security of the
citizens, following massive earthquake hitting several parts of the
country.

LAHORE,Oct 26 (APP)-Met department has predicted more rain-
thunderstorm/snowfall over KPK,Punjab,Kashmir and Gilgit-
Baltistan during the next couple of days.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): A month long post-Hajj flights
operation, which started on September 26 to bring back Pakistani
Hujjaj from Saudi Arabia, will complete on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader
Makhdoom Amin Fahim who was under treatment in Dubai arrived in Karachi
via an air ambulance late on Sunday night.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): Allama Iqbal Open University will
hold a national conference on social sciences here early next month.
It will be a mega event, to be attended by social scientists
from all over the country.

KARACHI, Oct 26 (APP): Governor of Sindh, Dr. Ishrat ul Ebad Khan has
expressed his deep sense of sorrow over the loss of precious human lives as well as instance of injuries during earthquake that jolted parts of the country Monday afternoon.

LAHORE,Oct 26 (APP): Punjab University Department of
Electrical Engineering Engr. Osama Majeed Butt has presented
his research article titled “An economical approach to run a
rail road locomotive train by using hybrid energy system” in
the prestigious conference of Material Science & Technology
2015 at Columbus,Ohio USA.

LAHORE, Oct 26 (APP): Punjab Minister for Mines and
Mineral, Chaudhry Sher Ali Khan has said the Punjab government
is focusing on capacity building of the mine workers by
imparting skill training to them.