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	2005019.html
		A pair of ASTER images of the Pasni area from October 2001 and February 16, 2005 as the floods are receding.
		Vegetation is red, and the desert appears in shades of light brown and brownish yellow.
		There is vegetation in the flood plain of this river in the 2001 image (hints of red northeast of the new reservoirs), and there is none in the post flood image - this change could be due to the flooding or to normal seasonal varaiations.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~floods/2005019.html (387 words)

	Pasni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		ṭPasni is a celebration in Nepal in which an infant is first fed rice.
		Pasni ceremonies in recent years have gotten increasingly elaborate, with large parties of not just close relatives, but also work colleagues and friends being invited for the event.
		The guests, numbering in their hundreds, partake in a wedding-style banquet under tents, which are often catered by commercial catering agencies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pasni (387 words)

	Pakistan Times \| Top Story: Pasni Dam Bursts: Heavy Rains Kill 150 in Pakistan
		Pasni is under three to four feet water and people climbed at their rooftops to save their lives.
		Officials have confirmed death of a person in Pasni in flooding, which has disrupted electricity and water supply in the town, while army and navy troops are carrying out relief and rescue operation in the area.
		Pasni Airport and pasni city are generally safe but the low lying areas of the city are under water which is receding.
	pakistantimes.net /2005/02/12/top.htm (3025 words)

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		The principal ports are Jiwani, Gwadar, Pasni, and Ormara.
		In urban areas, Gwadar, Pasni, and Ormara, a separate kitchen was available in two third of the houses, separate bathrooms in 71 percent of the houses, and separate latrines in 24 percent of the houses.
		The Pasni Municipal Committee consists of 20 directly elected councillors, one from each of the 20 electoral wards, and 2 women and one labourer councillors elected by the directly elected councillors.
	www.un.org.pk /profiles/gwadar.htm (13119 words)

	CNN.com - Pakistan disasters kill nearly 300 - Feb 12, 2005
		The Shadi Kor dam is near Pasni Tehsil in southwestern Pakistan.
		Pasni and many other coastal areas were cut off as the waters washed out a coastal highway and bridges linking the city with Karachi and Gwadar.
		Pasni and many other coastal areas have been cut off as the waters washed out a coastal highway and bridges linking the city with Karachi and Gwadar.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/pakistan.floods/index.html (428 words)

	50 dead, 700 missing in flash flood in Pak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Shadi Kor dam, near the coastal town of Pasni in Balochistan province, started overflowing on Thursday afternoon after a week of heavy rains.
		Pasni and many other coastal areas had been cut off by road and air from the rest of the country, the paper said.
		"Half of the Pasni is under three to four feet water," Abdul Razaq, a local resident, was quoted as saying.
	us.rediff.com /news/2005/feb/11pak1.htm (474 words)

	At least 25 dead as Pakistan dam bursts (Villages 'washed away)
		The coastal highway linking Pasni with Karachi and Gwadar was also washed away at various places while Pasni airport has been closed for air traffic as runway has come under water.
		Pasni and many other coastal areas had been cut off by road and air from the rest of the country.
		Half the Pasni Tehsil’s population (of 5,000) is now trapped in the floodwater," said the minister, who also belongs to the Pasni Tehsil.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1340871/posts (2232 words)

	American base in Pasni, Pakistan - PakDef Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The commercial airport at Pasni, a remote coastal town on the Arabian Sea coast, is one of three Pakistani bases used by US and allied forces to support the Operation Enduring Freedom campaign in Afghanistan.
		In late December 2001, Pakistan notified the US that the bases at Jacobabad and Pasni might be needed by the Pakistani Air Force, in the wake of rising tensions between India and Pakistan.
		Pasni, one of the oldest airports in the region, was used by the Allied forces in the Second World War.
	www.pakdef.info /forum/showthread.php?t=2993 (519 words)

	Makran - LoveToKnow 1911 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The long stretch of sandy foreshore is broken on the coastline by the magnificent cliffs of Malan, the hammer-shaped headlands of Ormarah and Gwadar, and the precipitous cliffs of Jebel Zarain, near Pasni.
		Ormarah, Khor Kalmat, Pasni and Gwadar are all somewhat difficult of approach by reason of a sand-bar which appears to extend along the whole coastline, and which is very possibly the last evidence of a submerged ridge; and they are all subject to a very lively surf under certain conditions of wind.
		The headquarters of the native governor, under the khan of Kalat, are at Turbat, with deputies at Tump, Kolwa, Pasni and Panjgur.
	www.1911ency.org.cob-web.org:8888 /M/MA/MAKRAN.htm (987 words)

	Two more dams burst in Pasni & Turbat: Many villages washed away -DAWN - Top Stories; 13 February, 2005
		QUETTA, Feb 12: A number of more villages were washed away as two small dams burst in Pasni tehsil and Turbat district on Saturday and the death toll rose to 76 as six more people were reported killed in different parts of Makran division.
		According to official sources, a Chalvi dam in Kolach union council in Pasni Tehsil and Gawar Bagh dam in Turbat district burst in the afternoon due to persistent rains and flash floods.
		In the meantime, the number of deaths in bus accident near Pasni on Thursday last rose to 29 while seven passengers were still missing.
	www.dawn.com /2005/02/13/top4.htm (810 words)

	Pasni dam burst toll rises to 70:Many village, bridges washed away defence personnel join relief work -DAWN - Top ...
		QUETTA, Feb 11: The death toll in the Shadi Kaur Dam disaster and flash flood caused by hill torrents in Pasni and the adjoining areas of Balochistan rose to 70 on Friday and hundreds of people of villages inundated by the dam reported missing.
		According to reports reaching here, parts of the Pasni township and many adjoining villages were still under water and rescue teams have moved several thousand people to safe places.
		He confirmed the death of 21 people who were in a bus which was swept away by a torrent between Turbat and Pasni.
	www.dawn.com /2005/02/12/top1.htm (770 words)

	SR.com: Death toll in Pakistan nears 300
		He said about 500 people were still missing, while many were sheltering in mountains around Pasni, some 1,200 miles southwest of Islamabad, where heavy rains caused the dam to burst.
		The military said some 500 people had been evacuated from remote areas nearby, but an army official who was part of the relief work said the death toll from the dam's water could be much higher than previously thought.
		Villages near the town of Uthal, about 60 miles from Pasni, were also flooded after the dam collapsed Thursday, but there was no word on casualties.
	www.spokesmanreview.com /tools/story_pf.asp?ID=53768 (488 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The rescue teams of Navy, Pakistan Army, provincial administration and Edihi Welfare Trust through helicopter and boats are shifting the displaced to the camps and providing medicines, food, blankets and other necessities to the affected in Pasni and adjacent villages.
		He said that on the request of the provincial government, the military rescue teams comprising navy and army are engaged in providing relief goods and rescuing the the displaced.
		Pasni and its surrounding areas were completely disconnected at communication and transportation level from rest of the country.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/Feb05/11/09.htm (254 words)

	Pakistan Wants Its Airbases Back From US
		The co-sharing of all the facilities at the Jacobabad and Pasni airports was the centrepiece of sensitive discussion held between the US Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers and his counterpart General Mohammad Aziz Khan and the Joint Staff Headquarters in Rawalpindi late last month, officials said.
		The coastal town of Pasni, 180 miles west of Karachi, where more than a dozen US military helicopters were seen parked at the airport last week, is providing the nearest ground facility to a large US naval flotilla now stationed in the Arabian Sea for aerial raids against Afghanistan.
		Pakistani officials say that the PAF may want to use the Pasni airport, in case of war with India, to interdict Indian naval and commercial activity in the India Ocean.
	www.rense.com /general19/back.htm (580 words)

	The Hindu : International : 100 killed, many missing as dam bursts in Pakistan
		At least 100 people were reported killed and hundreds missing in Baluchistan province of Pakistan after a dam burst and swept several villages into the sea.
		Incessant rains in the province ruptured the Shadi Kor dam near the coastal town of Pasni.
		Pasni airport was closed for traffic as the runway came under rain and dam water.
	www.hindu.com /2005/02/12/stories/2005021206541200.htm (369 words)

	Business Recorder [Pakistan's First Financial Daily] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		According to the report, PPL spudded Pasni X-2 on February 18, 2004 and its completion target was 110 days at the cost of $16 million.
		But the operator never met the deadline and kept on increasing cost of the project, and after five months the operator announced in July last that Pasni X-2 was a failure and it was going to be abandoned as a dry hole.
		Sources added the PPL took over the operatorship of Pasni and Offshore Makran Central Blocks from Ocean Energy Pakistan in January 2003 with a commitment to drill one well in either of the two blocks.
	brecorder.com /index.php?id=308154&currPageNo=1&query=&...&supDate= (1788 words)

	Pasni Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pasni Airport (IATA: PSI, ICAO: OPPI) is a domestic airport, located at Pasni City, Balochistan, Pakistan.
		Pakistan International Airlines connects Pasni with Karachi and Turbat.
		Passengers from the Persian Gulf States, Europe, North America and South Asia may fly into Pasni Airport via Jinnah International Airport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pasni_Airport (86 words)

	News
		In response to the humanitarian crisis in Pasni, the United Nations Disaster Management Team (UNDMT) also formulated an emergency relief assessment mission, which will coordinate with the federal, provincial as well as district authorities in Gwadar and Pasni to determine the emergency relief requirements.
		The rains caused the Shadi Kor dam to burst on Thursday, flooding Pasni township and adjoining areas.
		He confirmed that the WHO would be ready to help establish a disease early warning system in the area to ensure that health risks to the population of Pasni and surrounding areas are minimized.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/Feb05/14/11.htm (496 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Tehsil Pasni has been mainly affected by the heavy rains and the breaking of the Shadi Kor Dam which further added to the severity of the water flow in the already devastated area.
		The infrastructure of the area, in general, has been seriously affected as follows: The water supply system in Pasni has been completely turned down and quality of water is not satisfactory for drinking.
		One of the positive sides of this catastrophe is that the fishing community of the area residing along the coast line of Arabian Sea was happy because the rain/flood water draining into the sea was carrying so much fertility with it to fetch plenty of fish in the near future.
	www.un.org.pk /undp/cpr/rfs/working-visit-report-20-02-2005.doc (2023 words)

	News: Pakistan: Rains and Snowfall - Feb 2005, 60 killed, hundreds missing as dam bursts in Pakistan
		He said at least 40 people were killed by the flood waters in Pasni and its surrounding areas and torrential rains in other provincial towns such as Awarran, Turbat, Baila, Gwadar, Mand, Aushab and Ormara.
		However, opposition leader in the Balochistan assembly Chachkol Ali told reporters that more than 700 people were missing in different areas, particularly in Pasni, after the dam burst with fears that the floods might have swept them into the sea.
		Almost half of Pasni's 5,000-strong population was feared trapped in the flood waters as army troops were called in to evacuate them.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/DDAD-69HRV2?OpenDocument (644 words)

	USS Bataan … supporting marines ashore - Bataan Amphibious Ready Group Navy Supply Corps Newsletter - Find ...
		The Marines, along with Marines of the 15th MEU (SOC) from the USS Peleliu ARG; proceeded to take over an airstrip in southern Afghanistan, which was called Camp Rhino and became the launching point for the raids that later took Kandahar Airport, a valuable base that was used extensively by the Russians in the 1980s.
		On Dec. 13, the Marine element controlling the Pasni operating base requested that some basic ships store items, such as toiletries, cigarettes, and gee-dunk, be delivered to Pasni for the Marines to purchase.
		As the Pasni operation came to fruition, it was decided amongst the command element to take the concept a step further and establish a store presence in Kandahar, as well as provide limited messing support.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NQS/is_3_66/ai_101940765 (929 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - Heavy Rains Flood Pakistan
		A pair of images of the Pasni area from February 16, 2005, and October 19, 2001, reveals some of the effects of recent, devastating flooding in southern Pakistan along the coast of the Arabian Sea.
		The city of Pasni is located at the tip of the peninsula.
		The most noticeable change is the huge plume of sediment off the coast of Pasni coloring the waters bright blue.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16828 (303 words)

	[No title]
		The 485-foot-long Shakidor Dam burst late Thursday near Pasni, a remote village in Baluchistan province.
		He said the troops diverted the flow of floodwaters to save other towns located near Pasni, about 400 miles south of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province.
		Troops and local authorities were also supplying food, medicine and tents to the affected people in Pasni and elsewhere, he said.
	www.cbn.com /cbnnews/Wire/050211b.aspx (618 words)

	Pakistan steps up rescue as rain casualties mount. 13/02/2005. ABC News Online
		Pakistan has stepped up search and rescue operations for tens of thousands affected by flash floods after the heaviest rains in the country in two decades, in which close to 300 people have been killed.
		Army and navy helicopters scoured the area affected by a dam burst near the coastal town of Pasni where at least 87 people were killed and up to 2,000 went missing.
		Baluchistan provincial government spokesman Raziq Bugti said thousands of soldiers were ferrying people to safety across the Pasni district where two more small dams burst late on Saturday, flooding about 20 villages.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200502/s1301790.htm (521 words)

	Pakistan to join 7-nation naval force: Arabian Sea (Largest USMC amphib op since Korea) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The sources said the decision to undertake joint patrolling was necessitated by apprehensions that terrorists could escape through sea routes as the coalition forces launched a renewed hunt for the Taliban and Al Qaeda in the region.
		Immediately after Sept 11, 2001, Pakistan allowed the US Navy to use Pasni as its base - a fact which was denied at that time by the Pakistani officials but subsequently confirmed by the US Centcom.
		According to the Centcom data, "the Coalition Naval Operations at Pasni were the largest amphibious operations in size, duration and depth that the Marine Corps had conducted since the Korean War".
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1105280/posts (1490 words)

	10 die, 35 hurt in Pasni road accident
		GWADAR, May 15 (SANA): Ten people were killed and 35 others injured eight of them seriously in a traffic accident near Pasni in Balochistan.
		The accident involved a head-on collision between two speeding buses at a place three kilometers from Pasni Sunday morning.
		Bakhsh said police were investigating a cause but believed both buses were speeding on the road that passes through a rugged region.
	www.kashar.net /technews/complete.asp?id=1089 (171 words)

	Planet Ark - Pakistan Steps Up Rescue as Rain Casualties Mount
		More than 20,000 people have been affected by subsequent flooding in Pasni, about 800 km (500 miles) south of Quetta, the capital of southwestern Baluchistan province.
		Officials said at least five villages, home to around 7,000 people, had been submerged by waters pouring from the ruptured dam, a 35-metre (115-feet) high embankment 300 metres (985 feet) long constructed just two years ago.
		Parts of Pasni were under a metre (3 feet) of water, and tents had been put up on higher ground for displaced families.
	www.planetark.com /avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=29515 (907 words)

	Death toll climbs to 400 in Pakistan
		On Sunday, military aircraft and 4,000 personnel began bringing tents, blankets, food and medicines to the coastal town of Pasni in the province of Baluchistan, southwest Pakistan, near the worst of the flooded areas.
		Pasni is about 1,900 kilometres from Islamabad, the capital.
		As many as 900 people lived in the villages, and at least 200 are dead in Baluchistan, Pakistan's biggest and poorest province.
	www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2005/02/14/newpakistan-flood050214.html (1248 words)

	Hundreds missing as dam bursts its banks in Pakistan - PakDef Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Rescuers are trying to reach the coastal town of Pasni in southwestern Baluchistan province where the Shadikor dam broke.
		However, it said the Pasni Airport and Pasni city were generally safe but low-lying areas of the city had been inundated by water.
		Sher Jan, the provincial minister, told a news conference late Friday that around 25,000 to 30,000 people in 35 villages were left homeless in the disaster zone, which is about 600 kilometres (372 miles) from the provincial capital Quetta.
	www.pakdef.info /forum/showthread.php?t=6529 (4983 words)

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