Saturday, February 11, 2012
- Lahore: Shopping centre caught fire in Gulberg
- Australia beat Sri Lanka by 5 runs, remain unbeaten in tri-series
- Blasts, firing near PTIs rally leave 7 injured in Swabi
- Imran says will shoot down drones if comes to power
- 25 killed, 175 injured in Syria blasts
- Aqib Javed resigns as bowling coach
- NATO supplies from Pakistani airspace never stopped: Pentagon
- 11 militants killed, 19 injured in Orakzai operation
- Mansoor Ijaz to record statement via videolink on Feb 22
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
Pakistan reconstruction could cost billions: UN
Pakistan's reconstruction effort after fighting forced nearly two million people from their homes could cost billions of dollars, the top UN relief coordinator warned on Friday. Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes also warned there was no immediate guarantee of security in parts of the northwest as the government prepares to return the first of the 1.9 million displaced people. "As for rehabilitation and reconstruction, costs should be in billions of dollars for a year or so," he told a news conference in Islamabad. In May, the United Nations launched a flash appeal for 542 million dollars in emergency assistance, of which 42 percent has been donated. "We are not intending a new appeal but hope that donors will respond generously to the appeal launched by the UN," Holmes said.
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