Alarm bells ring for 2m quake survivors

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Alarm bells ring for 2m quake survivors Reuters, Muzaffarabad Alarm mounted across the world yesterday for an estimated 2 million survivors of the Pakistan earthquake still awaiting help two weeks after their world collapsed, with a freezing winter looming.

2m survivors still wait for help

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ADB, WB to assess Pak quake 2m survivors still wait for help Reuters, Manila The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank said they would start an assessment in Pakistan on Monday of the needs and reconstruction costs after the devastating earthquake two weeks ago.

(MAP) Pakistan/India earthquake remotely sensed damage assessment

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EARTHQUAKE

2005-10-21T21:20+0200

EARTHQUAKE Nato has agreed to send up to a-thousand troops to Pakistan to help with the relief effort following the earthquake twelve days ago. More than fifty-thousand people are already known to have been killed, and international aid agencies have warned that many more could die unless they receive help soon.

NATO to send soldiers to Pakistan

2005-10-21T20:45+0200

(CNN) -- NATO has agreed to send as many as 1,000 military engineers, medics and other troops to help with earthquake relief efforts in Pakistan. The alliance will also increase airlifts of aid to Pakistan from Europe, although NATO's top official said more helicopters are desperately needed to....

UN renews aid appeal for quake survivors

2005-10-21T20:35+0200

The United Nations has made a fresh plea for more help to be sent to Pakistan's earthquake survivors. The UN's aid agency has called on NATO to stage massive airlifts to get survivors to safety. That would mean helicopters, which are the only means of getting quickly deep into the affected areas, many of which are yet to be reached.

Turkey Pledges $150 Million in Quake Aid

2005-10-21T20:33+0200

Turkey Pledges $150 Million in Quake Aid Friday October 21, 2005 7:16 PM AP Photo RJV101 By EN-LAI YEOH Associated Press Writer GHANOOL, Pakistan (AP) - Turkey announced a $150 million aid pledge Friday for survivors of South Asia's massive earthquake, as NATO agreed to deploy hundreds of military....

Nato troops to assist Pakistan quake-hit

2005-10-21T20:17+0200

Nato ambassadors have agreed to send between 500 and 1000 alliance troops to Pakistan to help with the earthquake relief effort. "It's been approved," a Nato official in Brussels said on Friday. The official said it would include an engineering battalion, plus additional staff, and a small number of helicopters.

NATO to send 1,000 soldiers to Pakistan

2005-10-21T20:14+0200

NATO has agreed to send as many as 1,000 military engineers, medics and other troops to help with earthquake relief efforts in Pakistan.

LoC cannot be opened for everybody, says Pranab

2005-10-21T20:06+0200

Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday night said Pakistan's suggestion to open the Line of Control (LoC) could not be done for "anybody and everybody" but places could be identified from where relief material for earthquake victims could transit freely.

Pakistan: Coordination of quake assistance coming together

2005-10-21T19:22+0200

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ISLAMABAD, 21 October (IRIN) - Relief efforts in earthquake-devastated Pakistan are becoming better coordinated as the various parties race against time to avert further tragedy and devastation.

Asia earthquake: DFID sends 13th flight to Pakistan

2005-10-21T19:22+0200

The 13th relief flight chartered by the Department for International Development departs from Stansted Airport tonight for Islamabad (Wednesday 19 October 2005) carrying more supplies to help with the Asia earthquake relief effort. The Boeing 747 aircraft will be carrying 13 vehicles and a trailer,....

ERD's ongoing response to Pakistan Earthquake

2005-10-21T19:22+0200

Episcopal Relief and Development is providing emergency assistance to people devastated by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Pakistanand India. The death toll has risen to over 47,000 and continues to climb. Government officials in Pakistansay the number could reach 80,000.

DFID CHAD OT Situation Report No. 14 - South Asia earthquake

2005-10-21T19:22+0200

I. SITUATION OVERVIEW Background - 7.6 earthquake (depth 10 kilometres) hit at 08.50 Pakistan time (03.50 GMT), on 8 October with the epicentre in the Muzaffarabad area, 95km north-northeast of Islamabad (highly populated). - Severe damage in six districts of Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and five districts of Pakistan administered Kashmir.

NOK 300 million for emergency relief in Pakistan, Central America and Africa

2005-10-21T19:22+0200

No. 189/05 On Thursday evening the Storting allocated an additional NOK 300 million for relief efforts in Pakistan, Central America and Africa. International Development Minister Erik Solheim is concerned that the tragic situation in the wake of the earthquake in Pakistan may deteriorate into one of the greatest humanitarian crises we have faced.

Babies dying of cold, says doctor in quake zone

2005-10-21T18:47+0200

Chilling stories are emerging to back grim predictions of a second wave of earthquake deaths in Pakistan related to a lack of aid supplies and shelter. "Small babies are dying of hypothermia, and it is very bad," Dr. Sajida Hussain of the group Medecins Sans Frontieres told CBC News on Friday morning.

Nato to send engineers to help quake relief

2005-10-21T18:35+0200

Nato to send engineers to help quake relief 21/10/2005 5:13:04 PM Nato allies today agreed to dispatch hundreds of military engineers, medics and other troops to reinforce the earthquake relief effort in Pakistan. The alliance also said it was stepping up its airlift of aid to Pakistan from Europe,....

NATO to Send Engineers, Medics to Pakistan

2005-10-21T18:03+0200

NATO to Send Engineers, Medics to Pakistan Friday October 21, 2005 4:46 PM By PAUL AMES Associated Press Writer BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - NATO allies agreed Friday to dispatch hundreds of military engineers, medics and other troops to reinforce the earthquake relief effort in Pakistan.

Pakistan earthquake worse than tsunami: UN

2005-10-21T17:50+0200

As German soldiers help with relief efforts, the UN's emergency coordinator says the Pakistan eathquake was worse than December's tsunami.

Ireland may send troops to aid Asian ...

2005-10-21T16:35+0200

Ireland may send troops to aid Asian quake victims 21/10/2005 3:21:16 PM Ireland may send troops to aid the relief effort in earthquake-hit regions in Pakistan, it emerged today. Up to 51,000 people are already known to have died and 74,000 injured in the October 8 natural disaster.

Pakistan Quake Aid "Totally Inadequate"

2005-10-21T16:28+0200

Karachi, Pakistan (AHN) - Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf is calling the amount of foreign reconstruction aid pledged after his country was rattled by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake, "totally inadequate." Musharraf tells BBC News about $620 million has been promised, but Pakistan needs some $5 billion to rebuild devastated areas. - Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:31:02 GMT

Official quake death toll hits 51 000

2005-10-21T16:20+0200

More than 51 300 people have been killed and 74 500 people injured in Pakistan's October 8 earthquake, the national disaster relief chief has revealed.

NATO offers help in quake effort

2005-10-21T15:58+0200

NATO chiefs are discussing a plan to send alliance troops to Pakistan to help in the earthquake relief effort.

Earthquake relief match planned

2005-10-21T15:53+0200

NEW DELHI, Oct 19: The Asian Cricket Council plans to organise an international match to raise money for victims of the Asian earthquake. Although such plans are at an early stage, Pakistan Cricket Board chief Shaharyar Khan said he had discussed the idea with ACC President Jagmohan Dalmiya.

Aftershocks hit Pakistan

2005-10-21T15:53+0200

MUZAFFARABAD: Strong aftershocks rocked earthquake-shattered northern Pakistan on Wednesday morning, but there were no immediate reports of more deaths or injuries. A 5.8 magnitude quake at 7.33 am, the strongest of dozens of aftershocks since an October 8 earthquake devastated PoK and adjoining....

India-Pak match for quake relief

2005-10-21T15:53+0200

ISLAMABAD: India and Pakistan are planning to play a one-day international cricket match to raise funds for the Oct 8 earthquake victims, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Shahryar Khan has said. Khan, who arrived back in Pakistan after attending the International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in....

Moderate quake jolts Pakistan

2005-10-21T15:53+0200

NEW DELHI: A moderate intensity earthquake shook the northern parts of Pakistan in the wee hours of Wednesday, the Indian Meteorological Department said. The quake, whose intensity was recorded at 5.2 on the Richter scale, was experienced at two minutes past midnight IST, the Met office said.

India sets up cross-border phone link

2005-10-21T15:53+0200

SRINAGAR: Indian Kashmiris rejoiced on Wednesday as New Delhi offered free telephone links so they can call relatives across the de facto border in Pakistan in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. India announced on Tuesday night that it was ending the 15 years of restrictions on telephone links to the Pakistani zone of divided Kashmir.

Annan calls upon world to help Pakistan

2005-10-21T15:53+0200

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has made a dramatic appeal for urgent help from the world community for Pakistan to prevent a second massive wave of deaths in the wake of the recent earthquake. Annan told reporters on Wednesday that an estimated three million people were homeless....

Comments by Jan Egeland following meeting with NATO

2005-10-21T15:22+0200

Brussels, 21 October 2005 - Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator met on Friday, in Brussels, with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and addressed the NATO Council on the situation in Pakistan following the earthquake of 8 October 2005.

Tents provided to 98 pct homeless in Pakistan's Balakot

2005-10-21T15:22+0200

ISLAMBAD, Oct 21, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Pakistan Army said Friday that relief operations have geared up in the earthquake-affected areas and tents have been provided to 98 percent quake homeless in Balakot and Kaghan Valley. Col. Saeed, who is in charge of the Army relief camp in Balakot, one....

Over 51,300 killed in Pakistan quake: official

2005-10-21T15:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 21 (AFP) - More than 51,300 people were killed and 74,500 people were injured in Pakistan's October 8 earthquake, the national disaster relief chief said Friday, raising the death toll by more than 1,500. "The casualty figure has risen to over 51,300 dead and over 74,500 injured,"....

Portugal dispatches first 30-ton relief goods to Pakistan

2005-10-21T15:22+0200

LISBON, Oct 21, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Portugal delivered its first batch of relief supplies from Lisbon Thursday to the earthquake-striken areas in Pakistan. The 30 tons of relief goods, including 20,000 blankets, 500 family tents and 200 beddings, were mostly provided by Portugal's red cross....

Cuba doubles Pakistan quake medical team to 200

2005-10-21T15:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Around 100 Cuban doctors, nurses and paramedics arrived in Pakistan on Friday, ready to work right away to bring relief to survivors of the earthquake that savaged northern areas of the country two weeks ago. A first batch made the 26-hour flight from Havana a week ago....

UN warns of 'wave of death' in Pakistan

2005-10-21T14:26+0200

The United Nations begged the world on Thursday not to abandon survivors of Pakistan's earthquake, warning of a second wave of deaths without a dramatic effort on a par with the Berlin airlift to reach stranded villagers. "We have never had this kind of logistical nightmare ever. We thought the tsunami was the worst we could get.

Pakistan quake toll above 51,000

2005-10-21T14:23+0200

Kashmir border contacts Meanwhile, India has welcomed moves by Pakistan to free up the movement of people across the border that separates the disputed territory of Kashmir following the devastating October 8 earthquake in the region. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday urged India to....

NATO to up Pakistan relief work

2005-10-21T14:11+0200

Mr Erdogan went ahead with plans to visit Kashmir despite another tremor in the city of Izmir, the fourth to hit Turkey this week. More than 51,300 people were killed and 74,500 people were injured in Pakistan in the 8 October earthquake. Another 1,300 people died in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Pakistan mourns a ‘lost generation’

2005-10-21T13:53+0200

More than half of those killed and injured in the recent earthquake were children — what Pakistan is now calling a "lost generation." NBC's Ned Colt reports.

Rescue team get 'the kindest gift'

2005-10-21T13:50+0200

A little girl born in earthquake-hit Pakistan has been named in honour of the emergency medics who delivered her.

Pakistan quake toll above 51,000

2005-10-21T13:44+0200

More than 51,000 people in Pakistan have died in the earthquake that rocked the South Asian subcontinent nearly two weeks ago, officials say.

ALARM BELLS RING FOR QUAKE SURVIVORS

2005-10-21T13:29+0200

The closest source of helicopters would be India, but it has fought two of its three wars with Pakistan over Kashmir, which both claim. The earthquake killed about 1,300 people in India. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has told India he would accept helicopters, but only if they came without....

(MAP) Pakistan: South Asia earthquake - Helicopter landing zones

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(MAP) Pakistan: South Asia earthquake - Logs hubs and transport modes

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(MAP) Pakistan: Earthquake disaster - Situation overview map (as of 19 October)

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Pakistan: 84,500 houses flattened in Muzaffarabad

2005-10-21T13:22+0200

Muzaffarabad, Pakistan (dpa) - The government of Pakistan's administered Kashmir Friday said more than 600,000 people were affected and at least 84,500 houses flattened in Muzaffarabad district alone by the October 8 killer earthquake. The figures were released during a briefing by Pakistani and....

ADB, World Bank start Pakistan quake assessment

2005-10-21T13:22+0200

MANILA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank said they would start an assessment in Pakistan on Monday of the needs and reconstruction costs after the devastating earthquake two weeks ago. With winter closing in, an estimated 2 million survivors are still waiting....

ACT Situation Report: South Asia earthquake - Pakistan 05/05

2005-10-21T13:22+0200

Geneva, 20 October 2005 Information supplied by Church World Service Pakistan/Afghanistan Situation Analysis Quake toll soars past 79,000: Geo The devastating earthquake in Pakistan's northern mountains is turning into one of the toughest relief operations the world has ever known, international aid officials said on Thursday.

Overview: Quake aftermath

2005-10-21T12:56+0200

The 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck close to Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on 8 October is known to have caused more than 50,000 deaths and devastation that may take a decade to repair. Pakistan has confirmed 49,739 deaths, most of them in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.

Earthquake worse than tsunami, says UN

2005-10-21T12:02+0200

The United Nations said yesterday the earthquake in Pakistan was a worse disaster than last year's tsunami, as its secretary general, Kofi Annan, warned of a second "mass... (photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) The Guardian

Turkish PM visits Pakistan to be there for a ‘brotherly nation’

2005-10-21T11:29+0200

ANKARA - Turkish Daily News ARTICLE SUMMARY Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan left for Pakistan yesterday, a visit aimed at showing Turkey’s solidarity with the quake-hit country. ARTICLE Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan left for Pakistan yesterday, a visit aimed at showing Turkey's solidarity with the earthquake-hit country.

Kashmir quake world's toughest relief operation

2005-10-21T11:29+0200

UN emergency relief coordinator Egeland, warning that the death toll could double, says NATO should launch a massive airlift to evacuate the tens of thousands of people trapped in Pakistani Kashmir before winter sets in MUZAFFARABAD - Reuters ARTICLE SUMMARY The devastating earthquake in Pakistan's....

Aid operation tough task

2005-10-21T11:29+0200

The aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Pakistan's northern mountains is turning into the toughest relief operation the world has ever known, international aid officials said on

Pakistan food aid operations struggle with massive funding shortfall

2005-10-21T11:22+0200

Islamabad - Though more relief supplies are moving into the earthquake-stricken areas of Pakistan, the United Nations World Food Programme today urged donors to act even faster to avoid more suffering and unnecessary death among the hundreds of thousands of people who survived Pakistan's worst natural disaster.

Kashmir quake - world's toughest relief operation

2005-10-21T10:15+0200

The aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Pakistan's northern mountains is turning into the toughest relief operation the world has ever known, international aid officials said yesterday. "We have never had...

Thousands at risk after quake aid shortfall

2005-10-21T09:48+0200

THOUSANDS of survivors of the Kashmir earthquake could yet die from starvation and disease because of a severe shortfall in the amount of emergency aid being provided, the United Nations said yesterday. As the death toll from the earthquake rose close to 80,000 in Pakistan alone, the head of the....

Pakistan: Assessment of damages in earthquake areas by Nov. 15: Gen. Zubair

2005-10-21T09:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 21 (APP): Assessment of damages caused due to devastating earthquake of October 8 in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir and NWFP areas would be completed by November 15. Chairman of the newly constituted Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA), Lt.

Save the Children Pakistan: Earthquake response situation report #12 - 19 Oct 2005

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I. Response Yesterday 178 admissions were made in all the wards of the Batagram field hospital. Six children with gastroenteritis were treated. One measles case was identified and referred to the Navy hospital in Batagram. Save the Children has equipped the children’s wards with heaters.

State Department update on U.S. response to Pakistan earthquake 20 Oct 2005

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Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC In testimony before the U.S. House Committee on International Relations today, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Christina B. Rocca said, “We are providing funds for rescue and relief to both Pakistan and India.

Save the Children Pakistan: Earthquake response situation report #9 - 16 Oct 2005

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I. Overview/Highlights A staff member of Sungi, a local NGO which has been supporting Save the Children’s relief work in NWFP, died during field distribution in Jared. This was not during a Save the Children supported food distribution. As yet the circumstances are unclear.

Pak army distributes 12,000 tents among quake affected people

2005-10-21T09:22+0200

RAWALPINDI, Oct 20 (APP): Pakistan Army is using all its resources to provide shelter to earthquake affected areas before winter sets in and so far over 12,000 tents have been distributed among the survivors of the devastation. Over 6500 tents have been distributed in Kashmir, mostly in Bagh, Gari....

Save the Children Pakistan: Earthquake response situation report #11 - 18 Oct 2005

2005-10-21T09:22+0200

I. Overview/Highlights For the Early Recovery Cluster, Save the Children is the lead agency for health along with WHO. Prominent national politicians Chaudhary Shujat Hussain (a former prime minister and president of the ruling Muslim League party) and Mushahid Hussain Syed (secretary Information....

Pakistan: Troops dropped from helis in unaccessible areas of Balakot for relief, rescue

2005-10-21T09:22+0200

RAWALPINDI, Oct 20 (APP): Three more relief camps were established by Pakistan Army in the inaccessible areas of Tehsil Balakot by dropping troops from helicopters. The dropping of troops from helis in these areas was due to the effect that Balakot-Kaghan road had been badly damaged due to earthquake.

UN sounds the alarm for earthquake survivors

2005-10-21T08:50+0200

Two million survivors of the Pakistan earthquake are still waiting for aid two weeks after their world collapsed - a situation that has United Nations officials concerned as a freezing winter approaches.

Alarm bells ring for Pakistan quake survivors

2005-10-21T07:25+0200

Alarm bells ring for Pakistan quake survivors (Reuters) 21 October 2005 MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Alarm mounted across the world on Friday for an estimated 2 million survivors of the Pakistan earthquake still awaiting help two weeks after their world collapsed, with a freezing winter looming.

Pakistan: Talking to community elders

2005-10-21T07:22+0200

CAFOD's Nana Anto-Awaukye travels with Caritas Pakistan's emergency response team to assess the needs in villages left devastated by the earthquake Driving along the Balakot road, life carries on as normal. Market traders display their bananas, apples, and grapes.

Pakistan: Finding a wayÂ to gain access

2005-10-21T07:22+0200

Aftershocks in the last 24 hours in Pakistan have caused further landslides, compounding the already extreme problems encountered in gaining access to people in the earthquake zone. However, relief workers in the region are coordinating with local governments and organisations and employing every....

UNJLC Bulletin No. 3 - Pakistan Earthquake

2005-10-21T07:22+0200

As of 1800 hours local, October 19th, 2005 UNJLC Bulletins aim to provide a clear and concise regular overview of the situation as it exists in the earthquake-affected area of Pakistan and contiguous areas with regards to logistics matters affecting immediate relief work by the humanitarian community.

UN says earthquake aid falling short

2005-10-21T06:48+0200

UN says earthquake aid falling short AFP , GENEVA Friday, Oct 21, 2005,Page 1 The UN's top relief official warned yesterday that the shortfall in aid for victims of the earthquake in Pakistan made the situation worse than after the Indian Ocean tsunami last year. "This is not enough. We have never had this kind of logistical nightmare ever.

Medical team begins relief efforts in Pakistan

2005-10-21T05:22+0200

Operations of the Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) medical team are now underway. The 21-member team, which JICA dispatched on October 10 in response to the devastating earthquake in Pakistan, includes doctors, nurses, and other medical staff. On October 11 the medical team traveled from the capital,....

China to increase relief aid to Pakistan: FO

2005-10-21T05:22+0200

BEIJING, Oct. 20 (APP): China is considering to increase relief aid to Pakistan for alleviating the sufferings of the earthquake's victims, said spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Kong Quan. He told APP that after hearing the reports of massive disaster, China promptly dispatched a rescue team and relief goods to Pakistan.

South Asia Earthquake: More than half of the victims are children

2005-10-21T05:22+0200

The Terre des Hommes Foundation (Lausanne, Switzerland) is assisting families in the affected area of Pakistan A team from the Terre des Hommes Foundation (Lausanne, Switzerland) is operating in the earthquake affected area of Pakistan where entire villages have been destroyed on October 8.

UN calls for a 'Berlin airlift'

2005-10-21T04:09+0200

MUZAFFARABAD: The United Nations begged the world yesterday not to let survivors of Pakistan's earthquake die, warning of a second wave of deaths without a dramatic effort on a par with the Berlin airlift to reach stranded villagers. "We have never had this kind of logistical nightmare ever. We thought the tsunami was the worst we could get. This is worse," Jan Egeland, the United Nations emergency relief co-ordinator, said in Geneva. Nearly two weeks after the earthquake that killed more than 50,000 people in South Asia, Pakistan set up new helipads and NATO shipped tonnes of aid, but the United Nations estimated half a million people were still cut off.

Making order of the chaos

2005-10-21T02:47+0200

When Palestinian Rami B. Sharaf was sent to Pakistan by his pharmaceutical company to deliver medicine to earthquake-stricken areas, he ended up organising one of the camps and putting a relief system in place.

New wave of deaths will hit Pakistan, says Annan

2005-10-21T01:42+0200

Published: 21 October 2005 Pakistan is facing a "second wave of death" unless the relief effort for earthquake survivors is stepped up drastically, the UN has claimed

Thousands at risk of starving in quake aid shortfall

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ACT Situation Report: South Asia earthquake - Pakistan 04/05

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Relief going on with tent villages set up, with water/sanitation facilities Geneva, 19 October 2005 Situation Analysis Orphans face peril of traffickers: Daily Times Since the October 8th earthquake hit, some 1,000 children have been evacuated from the stricken region of Kashmir for medical care.

UN demands world not let Pakistan quake victims die

2005-10-20T23:22+0200

by Jason Gutierrez MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 20 (AFP) - The UN begged the world Thursday not to abandon survivors of Pakistan's earthquake, warning of a second wave of deaths without a dramatic effort on a par with the Berlin airlift to reach stranded villagers. "We have never had this kind of logistical nightmare ever.

USAID announces partnership with Procter & Gamble for Pakistan earthquake survivors

2005-10-20T23:22+0200

WASHINGTON, DC - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) announced today a $600,000 public-private alliance to provide safe drinking water for survivors of the devastating earthquake in Pakistan. "Working in partnership with the private sector....

India waits for Pakistan proposals to open Kashmir border

2005-10-20T23:22+0200

by Barry Parker DELHI, Oct 20 (AFP) - India said Thursday it was still waiting for Pakistani proposals on how to allow Kashmiris to cross the de facto border that divides the Himalayan region, in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. Since welcoming Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's....

"Please help us! Ww will freeze to death" Quake survivors still desperate for aid

2005-10-20T23:22+0200

Batagram, Pakistan, October 20, 2005 — The October 8 earthquake could hardly have hit a more vulnerable area. Much of the beautiful North West Frontier Province and the Pakistani-controlled part of Kashmir is without roads and telephones - isolating its inhabitants from the outside world.

Pakistan: Kashmir quake the world's toughest relief operation

2005-10-20T23:22+0200

By David Brunnstrom MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Pakistan's northern mountains is turning into the toughest relief operation the world has ever known, international aid officials said on Thursday. "We have never had this kind of logistical nightmare ever.

Pakistan: Help reaches a mountain community cut off since the quake

2005-10-20T23:22+0200

HOTIL, PAKISTAN - October 20, 2005 Relief continues to arrive in the populated regions of Kashmir and Pakistan devastated by the earthquake October 8th. But for the remote village of Hotil, nothing had arrived until yesterday when a distribution team from the International Rescue Committee made the first delivery of aid to its residents.

Annan pleads for more quake aid

2005-10-20T23:02+0200

UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for a greater world response to the earthquake victims in Pakistan, where relief agencies say thousands i... (photo: WN) CNN

Pak quake relief situation worse than tsunami: UN

2005-10-20T21:38+0200

Pak quake relief situation worse than tsunami: UN Annan seeks more aid for survivors Afp, Geneva/ Muzaffarabad The UN's top relief official warned yesterday that the shortfall in aid for victims of the earthquake in Pakistan made the situation worse than after the Indian Ocean tsunami last year. "This is not enough.

Pakistan earthquake - TSF report after 10 days mission

2005-10-20T21:22+0200

In order to respond to the enormous demand for telecommunications from rescuers and the stricken population; TSF deployed another team on Saturday October 15th, from its France based-headquarters, equipped with extra equipment to reinforce the teams already on site.

U.N. Urges More Aid for Quake's Homeless

2005-10-20T20:03+0200

U.N. Urges More Aid for Quake's Homeless Thursday October 20, 2005 6:31 PM AP Photo XDG102 By MUNIR AHMAD Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The top U.N. relief official urged the world Thursday to step up efforts to reach as many as 3 million people left homeless by the South Asian earthquake with winter approaching.

DFID CHAD OT Situation Report No. 13 - South Asia earthquake

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Top relief official calls Pakistani quake UNâ€™s worst logistical nightmare ever

2005-10-20T19:22+0200

The United Nations is facing its worst logistical nightmare ever as it scrambles to save the lives of tens of thousands of earthquake survivors in inaccessible areas of Pakistan in an unprecedented race against time that dwarfs efforts after last year’s Indian Ocean tsunami, the UN emergency relief coordinator UNHCR"said today.

UN warns of ' wave of death' in Pakistan

2005-10-20T18:56+0200

U.N. Urges More Aid for Quake's Homeless

2005-10-20T17:33+0200

U.N. Urges More Aid for Quake's Homeless Thursday October 20, 2005 4:01 PM AP Photo XBKB109 By MUNIR AHMAD Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The top U.N. relief official urged the world Thursday to step up efforts to reach as many as 3 million people left homeless by the South Asian earthquake with winter approaching.

UN calls on Nato for quake assistance

2005-10-20T17:28+0200

United Nations aid officials are calling on NATO to launch a massive airlift to evacuate tens of thousands of earthquake victims in Pakistani Kashmir before winter sets in. Emergency relief coordinator, Jan Egeland said the official death toll from the October 8 quake in northern Pakistan could....

Earthquake Death Toll Rises As Pakistani Survivors Struggle for Shelter

2005-10-20T17:28+0200

Balakot, Paskistan (AHN) - More than a week after being rocked by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake, survivors in northwestern Pakistan have one major priority - shelter. Frequent thunderstorms and cold nights of a looming winter have survivors struggling and demanding for aid organizations to take action. Tamur Mueenuddin, a health officer for UNICEF, admits, "This is a grave situation. It's raining, it's snowing, these people are without shelter." - Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:01:01 GMT

Pakistan: A feast of sorrow as Kashmiri quake victims break Ramadan fast

2005-10-20T17:22+0200

by Stephen Coates MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 20 (AFP) - Cooking fires at the end of the daily Ramadan fast are like distress signals in this Kashmiri city, as the homeless, hungry and wounded survivors of last week's earthquake celebrate a sorrowful Iftar.

People in Need begins humanitarian aid distribution in Kashmir

2005-10-20T17:22+0200

Six days after the largest-known earthquake hit Asia, People in Need has begun to distribute humanitarian aid in isolated mountainous regions of Pakistan. In cooperation with the non-governmental organization Church World Service, People in Need has begun distribution of Shelter Kits. The kits contain tents with floors, blankets and plastic tarps.

Pakistan to finalize quake damage assessment by mid November

2005-10-20T17:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 20, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Pakistan's assessment work of the damage caused by the massive earthquake on Oct. 8 will be finalized by Nov. 15, the country's chief for earthquake reconstruction said here Thursday. Lt. General Muhammad Zubair, chairman of the Pakistan Earthquake....

49,739 confirmed dead in Pakistan quake: relief head

2005-10-20T17:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 20 (AFP) - A total of 49,739 have been confirmed dead in Pakistan's earthquake and more than 74,000 were injured, the country's disaster relief chief said Thursday. "The tally of dead today stands at 49,739, the injured around 74,000," Major General Farooq Ahmad Khan told a news conference.

The Swedish Rescue Services Agency to send more tents to Pakistan

2005-10-20T17:22+0200

On Tuesday next week the Swedish Rescue Services Agency will send an additional 975 tents to Pakistan. Over the last few days the Pakistani Embassy in Stockholm has appealed to the Swedish Rescue Services Agency for a rapid response to the enormous need for tents for the millions made homeless as a result of the earthquake.

Earthquake raises security concern for Pakistan's capital

2005-10-20T17:22+0200

by Rana Jawad ISLAMABAD, Oct 20 (AFP) - When Islamabad was built more than four decades ago near the Himalayan foothills, Pakistan rejected concerns that its leafy new capital would be prone to major earthquakes. Those worries returned with a vengeance when a massive quake struck this month with an....

Jan Egeland Warning over Pakistan NATO airlifting aid to earthquake hit areas

2005-10-20T17:11+0200

'This is not enough,' Mr Egeland told journalists. 'We have never had this kind of logistical nightmare ever. We thought the tsunami was the worst we could get. This is worse.' Mr Egeland's comments echo last night's appeal by the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, for the world's nations to commit more aid to the UN's flash appeal for €260m.

WHO Says Asia Quake Worse Than Tsunami "The earthquake was more devastating than last year's Indian Ocean tsunami in terms of the number of homeless.."

2005-10-20T17:04+0200

"The earthquake was more devastating than last year's Indian Ocean tsunami in terms of the number of homeless.." ISLAMABAD - UN officials drew Thursday, October 13, a bleak picture of the situation in quake-ravaged Pakistan, warning that the international community is loosing the battle to help the victims and survivors.

Secret £32,000 aids quake appeal

2005-10-20T16:41+0200

An anonymous woman in Belfast has made a donation of £32,000 to help victims of the earthquake in Pakistan and the Asian tsunami. The money was given to the Dean of Belfast, Houston McKelvey, who passed the donation on to Christian Aid. Dr McKelvey's annual Black Santa appeal raised more than £1.5m for tsunami victims last Christmas.

Quake death toll at more than 79 000

2005-10-20T16:20+0200

Rescuers have found thousands more who have perished in the earthquake-ravaged city of Balakot in Pakistan, making it one of the deadliest temblors in the past century.

Dispatch of the second Japan disaster relief medical team to large-scale earthquake disaster in Pakistan and surrounding areas

2005-10-20T15:22+0200

On October 19 (Wed), the Government of Japan decided on the dispatch of a second Japan Disaster Relief Medical Team comprising 21 persons, taking account of still-very-high medical needs in the areas affected by the large-scale earthquake which occurred on October 8 (Sat) at the epicenter of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

PAKISTAN

2005-10-20T14:50+0200

PAKISTAN The UN's emergency relief co-ordinator, Jan Egeland, has said the world must give more money to help the survivors of the earthquake in South Asia. Mr Egeland said the shortfall in aid and problems of reaching people in remote mountain villages in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, meant the....

49,739 confirmed dead in Pakistan quake--relief head

2005-10-20T14:19+0200

ISLAMABAD -- A total of 49,739 have been confirmed dead in Pakistan's earthquake and more than 74,000 were injured, the country's disaster relief chief said Thursday. "The tally of dead today stands at 49,739, the injured around 74,000," Major General Farooq Ahmad Khan told a news conference.

Pakistan quake relief situation worse than tsunami: UN

2005-10-20T14:10+0200

Pakistan quake relief situation worse than tsunami: UN (AFP) 20 October 2005 GENEVA - The UN’s top relief official warned on Thursday that the shortfall in aid for victims of the earthquake in Pakistan made the situation worse than after the Indian Ocean tsunami last year. “This is not enough.

Remote villages targeted in quake relief effort

2005-10-20T14:10+0200

Remote villages targeted in quake relief effort (AP) 20 October 2005 MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Helicopters and foot soldiers headed out of the shattered city in the heart of Pakistan’s earthquake zone at daybreak on Thursday in a frantic attempt to get medical aid and supplies to remote villages....

SA quake team heads home

2005-10-20T13:36+0200

Kavith Harrilall Islamabad - The Gift of the Givers relief team of aid workers, doctors and journalists, which has spent the past week in earthquake-ravaged Pakistan, is set to arrive back in South Africa on Thursday night, following their relief mission.

Brief highlights on the impacts of the devastating 8 Oct earthquake in Pakistan and relief efforts of the OIC Member States

2005-10-20T13:22+0200

Brief highlights On the impacts of the devastating 8 October earthquake in Pakistan and relief efforts of the OIC Member States - Pakistan earthquake toll leaps to 38,000 , 62,000 injured and 3.3 million people made homeless. - Emergency Aid for Earthquake victims from OIC Member States and its NGOs....

Pakistan: Kashmiri quake the world's toughest relief operation

2005-10-20T13:22+0200

By David Brunnstrom MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The devastating earthquake in Pakistan's northern mountains is turning into one of the toughest relief operations the world has ever known, international aid officials said on Thursday. "It's actually scary if you see the situation in the villages.

India waits for Pakistan proposals to open Kashmir border

2005-10-20T13:22+0200

WHO health briefing from the earthquake emergency in Pakistan

2005-10-20T13:22+0200

Many injured people still require emergency treatment - Severely injured people continue to be airlifted to Islamabad for urgent treatment. According to the Ministry of Health, approximately 13 000 people have received surgical treatment so far. The Pakistan Institute for Medical Sciences (PIMS)....

Pakistan: Lutheran World Relief to provide quilts and medicine for Pakistani quake survivors

2005-10-20T13:22+0200

Baltimore, October 17, 2005 — With the first snowfall already on the ground in parts of Pakistan and the weather getting colder by the day, a warm quilt will be a welcome gift for people who lost their homes in the earthquake and have spent days out in the elements.

IFJ pledges special solidarity fund to aid Pakistan media victims

2005-10-20T13:22+0200

The International Federation of Journalists today announced that a special fund to provide relief to the media victims of natural disasters will be available to journalists and their families affected by the Pakistan earthquake tragedy. The IFJ-affiliated Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ)....

First British Casualty Of Pakistan Quake

2005-10-20T13:00+0200

A boy of 12 has been confirmed as the first British fatality of the Pakistan earthquake. A Foreign Office spokeswoman said the boy was in the disaster zone with his family when the quake hit on October 8. His relatives are still thought to be in the area dealing with the aftermath but were being....

Boy, 12, is first UK quake victim

2005-10-20T12:24+0200

A boy of 12 has been confirmed as the first British fatality in the Pakistan earthquake.

British quake victim was boy, 12

2005-10-20T12:19+0200

The first known British victim of the devastating earthquake in Pakistan was a 12-year-old boy. A Foreign Office spokeswoman said the young boy, from Luton, Bedfordshire, was in the disaster zone with his family during the 8 October quake. His relatives are still thought to be in the area dealing....

Pakistan quake worse than tsunami

2005-10-20T12:14+0200

THE United Nation's top relief official warned Thursday that the shortfall in aid for victims of the earthquake in Pakistan made the situation worse than after the Indian Ocean tsunami last year.

UN aid chief warns of quake relief shortfall

2005-10-20T12:11+0200

UN aid chief warns of quake relief shortfall 20 October 2005 11:05 The UN's emergency relief co-ordinator, Jan Egeland, has warned that the shortfall in aid for victims of the earthquake in Pakistan made the situation worse than the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami last year. 'This is not enough,' Mr Egeland told journalists.

Remote villages targeted in south Asia quake relief effort

2005-10-20T11:55+0200

Remote villages targeted in south Asia quake relief effort (AP) 20 October 2005 MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Helicopters and foot soldiers headed out of the shattered city in the heart of Pakistan’s earthquake zone at daybreak on Thursday in a frantic attempt to get medical aid and supplies to remote....

Pakistan quake worse than tsunami

2005-10-20T11:52+0200

19:51 (AEST) THE United Nation's top relief official warned Thursday that the shortfall in aid for victims of the earthquake in Pakistan made the situation worse than after the Indian Ocean tsunami last year.

7.51pm Pakistan quake worse than tsunami

2005-10-20T11:52+0200

Pakistan quake worse than tsunami From correspondents in Geneva October 20, 2005 THE United Nation's top relief official warned Thursday that the shortfall in aid for victims of the earthquake in Pakistan made the situation worse than after the Indian Ocean tsunami last year.

Thousands of quake victims at risk

2005-10-20T11:29+0200

THE devastating earthquake in Pakistan's northern mountains is turning into one of the toughest relief operations the world has ever known, international aid officials said today.

QUAKE UN

2005-10-20T11:21+0200

QUAKE UN The UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has warned that there will be a second massive wave of death in Pakistan unless there is an immediate increase in the relief effort for survivors of the Asian earthquake. He said that only twelve per cent of the funds requested by the United Nations had....

Thousands of quake victims at risk

2005-10-20T11:07+0200

18:40 (AEST) THE devastating earthquake in Pakistan's northern mountains is turning into one of the toughest relief operations the world has ever known, international aid officials said today.

Nato plane to pick up aid

2005-10-20T10:45+0200

A Nato aircraft is expected in Malta to airlift the foodstuffs, water and bedding the Maltese donated to the survivors of the earthquake in Pakistan, the Department of Information said. The...

'Many More Could Die' After Quake

2005-10-20T09:31+0200

'Many More Could Die' After Quake A further wave of deaths will hit Pakistan unless the international community dramatically increases relief efforts following the recent earthquake, it has been warned. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan issued the warning as the effects of winter began to emerge in the affected region.

'Many More Could Die' After Earthquake

2005-10-20T09:23+0200

A further wave of deaths will hit Pakistan unless the international community dramatically increases relief efforts following the recent earthquake, it has been warned. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan issued the warning as the effects of winter began to emerge in the affected region.

Pakistan: Earthquake response - UNDP Update

2005-10-20T09:22+0200

19 October, Islamabad As the death toll climbs from the devastating earthquake that rocked Pakistan more than 10 days ago, the United Nations and its partners have issued a joint appeal for $311 million to provide emergency relief and other priority recovery needs.

'Massive' Death Fears After Quake

2005-10-20T09:01+0200

'Massive' Death Fears After Quake A further wave of deaths will hit Pakistan unless the international community dramatically increases relief efforts following the recent earthquake, it has been warned. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan issued the warning as the effects of winter began to emerge in the affected region.

Wave of Death Threat After Quake

2005-10-20T08:46+0200

Wave of Death Threat After Quake A further wave of deaths will hit Pakistan unless the international community dramatically increases relief efforts following the recent earthquake, it has been warned. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan issued the warning as the effects of winter began to emerge in the affected region.

UN chief warns of new 'massive wave of ...

2005-10-20T08:35+0200

UN chief warns of new 'massive wave of death' in Pakistan 20/10/2005 7:07:35 AM United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan warned that a second “massive wave of death” would hit Pakistani areas most affected by the mammoth earthquake unless the international community stepped up the relief effort immediately.

Annan urges more help for earthquake survivors

2005-10-20T08:35+0200

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has made a plea for Pakistan's earthquake victims, warning that many more people will die unless the world responds. "An estimated three million men, women and children are homeless," he said. "Many of them have no blankets or tents to protect them against the merciless Himalayan winter.

07:04 Annan urges escalation of Pakistan quake aid effort

2005-10-20T08:25+0200

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for a major escalation of the effort to aid earthquake victims in Pakistan, predicting many more deaths if the world fails to respond adequately.

Wave of Death Threat After Quake

2005-10-20T08:15+0200

A further wave of deaths will hit Pakistan unless the international community dramatically increases relief efforts following the recent earthquake, it has been warned. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan issued the warning as the effects of winter began to emerge in the affected region.

Mawi to raise quake funds with a concert

2005-10-20T06:32+0200

Akademi Fantasia winner Mawi will hold a special joint concert with several artistes to raise funds for earthquake victims in Pakistan.

Combined force leaves for quake-hit Pakistan

2005-10-20T06:32+0200

A combined force of soldiers, medical officers, volunteers and the media has left on a humanitarian mission to help earthquake victims in Pakistan.

Discovery of new bodies in South Asia quake pushes death toll to 79,000

2005-10-20T05:55+0200

Discovery of new bodies in South Asia quake pushes death toll to 79,000 (AP) 20 October 2005 BALAKOT, Pakistan - The death toll in South Asia’s mammoth earthquake stood at more than 79,000 on Thursday after more bodies were discovered in Pakistan, making it one of the deadliest temblors of the past century.

Pakistan: PRCS plans to set up tent villages for quake victims

2005-10-20T05:22+0200

PRCS plans to set up tent villages for quake victims Sends 189 relief trucks for quake victims in AJK, NWFP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Red Crescent Society swiftly responding to the October 8 earthquake has distributed 189 trucks load of relief goods that includes tents, medicines, blankets and food items....

Pakistan: President urges world to strengthen Pak hands in rebuilding millions of lives and damaged infrastructure

2005-10-20T05:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (APP): Pledging to carry out reconstruction and rehabilitation in the earthquake-afflicted areas on modern lines, President General Pervez Musharraf Tuesday appealed to the world to strengthen Pakistan's hands in rebuilding millions of lives and destroyed infrastructure in NWFP and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

State Department update on U.S. response to Pakistan earthquake 18 Oct 2005

2005-10-20T05:22+0200

Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC The United States remains the principal international provider of airlift capabilities to assist earthquake victims. We will continue to supplement the capabilities we are making available. Seventeen helicopters from the U.S.

Britain sending Chinooks to quake-hit Pakistan

2005-10-20T05:22+0200

LONDON, Oct 19 (AFP) - Britain said Wednesday it will send three Royal Air Force Chinook heavy-lift helicopters to help relief operations in Pakistan following the October 8 earthquake. The Ministry of Defence in London said an advance reconnaissance team was in the disaster area to determine how....

Transcript of press conference by UN SG Kofi Annan at UN headquarters, 19 October 2005

2005-10-20T05:22+0200

SG/SM/10172 The Secretary-General: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Let me start by paying tribute to the courage and determination of the people and Government of Pakistan, whose losses following the earthquake of 8 October are greater than we can fathom.

State Department update on U.S. response to Pakistan earthquake 19 Oct 2005

2005-10-20T05:22+0200

Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC On October 9, President Bush spoke about the tragic earthquake in South Asia and said, “ -- housands have died, thousands are wounded, and the United States wants to help.” Since that time, the United States has been working to demonstrate the....

Southern Asia Earthquake Appeal Expansion: CWS/ERP update 19 Oct 2005

2005-10-20T05:22+0200

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM EMERGENCY APPEAL (EXPANDED) SOUTHERN ASIA EARTHQUAKE Total appeal amount: $8.2 million Pakistan: $7.9 million India: $300,000 Account: #6979 October 19, 2005 (This appeal has been expanded to include CWS response in India as well as Pakistan, following the October 8, earthquake).

Pakistan: Nobody to be allowed steal from Earthquake Fund - President

2005-10-20T05:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf Tuesday held out a categorical assurance that the amount contributed to President's Relief Fund would be utilized judiciously and nobody would be allowed to steal money from the fund. Reiterating his firm resolve to utilize collected sums....

Lack of adequate shelter, inaccessible communities, plight of children among continuing concerns in Pakistan relief effort

2005-10-20T05:22+0200

IHA/1101 ISLAMABAD/GENEVA/ NEW YORK, 18 October (OCHA) -- Strong aftershocks continue to traumatize the survivors of the 8 October earthquake in northern regions of Pakistan, and have triggered further landslides in already inaccessible and high altitude areas.

Direct Relief International commits $250,000 in cash to Pakistani relief effort

2005-10-20T05:22+0200

$500,000 in Humanitarian Aid Furnished; Operations Manager in Pakistan to Coordinate Efforts SANTA BARBARA, CA Direct Relief International today announced that it has committed an initial $250,000 in cash to assist victims of the devastating earthquake in Pakistan and India.

Pakistan: Each tent saves a family

2005-10-20T05:22+0200

Col. Zakeer Battagram Base, North West Frontier Province, Pakista n The earthquake that hit northern Pakistan on Oct 8, 2005, has shattered millions of lives. The survivors are in desperate need of help. The government; Church World Service and other aid agencies; and the Pakistan Army are carrying....

India hails Kashmir border moves

2005-10-20T04:59+0200

India has welcomed moves by Pakistan to free up the movement of people across the border that separates the disputed territory of Kashmir following the devastating October 8 earthquake in the region.

India hails Kashmir border moves

2005-10-20T04:38+0200

Toll nears 80,000

2005-10-20T03:09+0200

BALAKOT, Pakistan: A casualty survey by one of the two hardest-hit Pakistani regions yesterday pushed the toll from South Asia's mammoth earthquake to more than 79,000, making it one of the deadliest in the past century. The central government updated its death toll to 47,700, but regional authorities gave much higher figures, based on information filtering in from outlying areas and as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of collapsed buildings.

Mercy mission

2005-10-20T03:09+0200

A SECOND US Navy warship is scheduled to set sail from Bahrain to deliver relief goods for the victims of the devastating earthquake in Pakistan. The amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland yesterday loaded relief goods on board while docked at Mina Salman.

Death Toll in Asian Quake Soars to 79,000

2005-10-20T03:03+0200

Death Toll in Asian Quake Soars to 79,000 Thursday October 20, 2005 1:31 AM AP Photo XTM112 By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press Writer BALAKOT, Pakistan (AP) - The death toll soared to 79,000 Wednesday from South Asia's mammoth earthquake, following a survey of one of the two hardest-hit....

Pakistan earthquake toll reaches 79,000

2005-10-20T02:33+0200

"Until recently there was no way we could fly here, it's within range of enemy guns," said Maj Kayani, a 34-year-old pilot from Islamabad, with a smile. "I can't help feeling a little scared; it's like a sixth sense for us." Relations between India and Pakistan have warmed considerably since the October 8 earthquake.

UN: Lack of quake relief may kill more

2005-10-20T02:17+0200

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned that a second "massive wave of death" will hit the stretch of Pakistan most devastated by the mammoth earthquake unless the world immediately escalates the relief effort. With winter approaching fast, the relief operation, which covers some 28,000 square....

India hails Kashmir border moves

2005-10-20T01:23+0200

Kashmir border contacts India has welcomed moves by Pakistan to free up the movement of people across the border that separates the disputed territory of Kashmir following the devastating October 8 earthquake in the region. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday urged India to allow the....

(MAP) South Asia (Pakistan and India): Earthquake

2005-10-20T01:22+0200

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Agreement reached to open Kashmir border

2005-10-20T00:19+0200

India and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to open the border dividing the Kashmir region for the first time in decades as aftershocks from the deadly earthquake on Oct. 8 continued to shake northern Pakistan. For the first time in 16 years, people across the frontier were able to speak to relatives by....

Annan pleads for more quake aid

2005-10-20T00:06+0200

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for a greater world response to the earthquake victims in Pakistan, where relief agencies say thousands in the Himalayas face death from exposure.

Quake effort 'a measure of our humanity'

2005-10-20T00:00+0200

Annan urgently appeals for quake aid

2005-10-19T23:51+0200

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for a greater world response to the earthquake victims in Pakistan, where relief agencies say thousands in the Himalayas face death from exposure.

Kashmir quake produces myriad contradictions

2005-10-19T23:32+0200

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Disasters by their nature tend to defy norms. | But the earthquake that devastated northern Pakistan has produced more than its fair share of contradictions, from the sight of... (photo: US Navy) Khaleej Times

Pakistan, India â€“ Earthquake: OCHA Situation Report No. 14

2005-10-19T23:22+0200

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2005/0175 OCHA Situation Report No. 14 South Asia (Pakistan and India) - Earthquake Pakistan SITUATION OVERVIEW 1. There is a perception, in country, that the full extent of the earthquake and its consequences on Pakistan may not have been fully grasped by the international community.

Pakistan: U.N. urges more aid for quake victims, says death toll will climb

2005-10-19T23:22+0200

New York (dpa) - The death toll from the October 8 earthquake in Pakistan will mount unless extraordinary efforts are made to meet the needs of survivors who are facing winter, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday. ``A second wave of deaths will happen if we do not step up efforts to....

India offers to help Pakistan repair phone lines in quake-hit areas

2005-10-19T23:22+0200

NEW DELHI, Oct 19 (AFP) - India said Wednesday it has offered to help Pakistan repair telecoms networks in earthquake-devastated areas. "Pakistan Foreign Office said that it was grateful for the offer and would revert to us if any specific assistance was required," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Annan appeals for urgent help for Pakistan

2005-10-19T23:22+0200

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19 (AFP) - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday made a dramatic appeal for urgent help from the world community for Pakistan to prevent a second massive wave of deaths in the wake of the recent earthquake. Annan told reporters that an estimated three million people were....

RAF Chinooks to help quake relief

2005-10-19T23:18+0200

Three RAF Chinook helicopters are being sent to Pakistan to assist in the earthquake relief operation. A reconnaissance team is already in the region to assess how the RAF can help the international efforts, the Ministry of Defence said. Pakistan has appealed for helicopters to transport supplies to remote communities and airlift the injured.

6.35am Annan urges more quake aid

2005-10-19T23:07+0200

Annan urges more quake aid From correspondents in the United Nations October 20, 2005 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for a major escalation of the effort to aid earthquake victims in Pakistan today, predicting many more deaths if the world fails to respond adequately.

Landslides hit Pakistan BALAKOT, Pakistan — The death toll soared to 79,000 Wednesday from South Asia's mammoth earthquake, following a survey of one of the two hardest-hit Pakistani regions — making it one of the deadliest quakes in modern times.

2005-10-19T23:04+0200

Aid workers fear casualties could rise even further as communities without adequate food, shelter or health care will soon face the harsh Himalayan winter. Snow has already begun to fall in high mountains, and some villages face subfreezing temperatures at night.

Death Toll in Asian Quake Soars to 79,000

2005-10-19T23:03+0200

Death Toll in Asian Quake Soars to 79,000 Wednesday October 19, 2005 9:46 PM AP Photo XTM112 By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press Writer BALAKOT, Pakistan (AP) - The death toll soared to 79,000 Wednesday from South Asia's mammoth earthquake, following a survey of one of the two hardest-hit....

Annan urges more quake aid

2005-10-19T22:44+0200

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for a major escalation of the effort to aid earthquake victims in Pakistan today, predicting many more deaths if the world fails to respond adequately.

U2s, satellites aid quake relief

2005-10-19T22:44+0200

US satellites and spy planes, which have long been used to hunt Osama bin Laden on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, are now helping to give Pakistan a detailed picture of its massive earthquake damage.

6.09am U2s, satellites aid quake relief

2005-10-19T22:22+0200

U2s, satellites aid quake relief From correspondents in Washington October 20, 2005 US satellites and spy planes, which have long been used to hunt Osama bin Laden on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, are now helping to give Pakistan a detailed picture of its massive earthquake damage.

Aftershocks Ravage Pakistan

2005-10-19T21:28+0200

Islamabad, Pakistan (AHN) - The death toll from the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck south Asia on Oct.8 has risen to 79,000 and climbing amidst aftershocks, flooding rains, and snow in the mountains. Over 400 aftershocks ranging between 2.8-magnitude and Wednesday's 5.8-magnitude have been reported since the original quake struck. - Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:01:02 GMT

First NATO planes fly UNHCR earthquake supplies from Turkey

2005-10-19T21:22+0200

GENEVA - The first three flights in a new joint NATO-UNHCR airlift supported by the Turkish government took off from Incirlik airbase in southern Turkey around midday Wednesday, carrying a total of more than 25 tonnes of urgently needed relief supplies for earthquake victims in Pakistan.

Pakistan: Consortium launches web portal to assist relief effort in earthquake-affected villages

2005-10-19T21:22+0200

Press Release No:2006/121/SAR WASHINGTON, October 19, 2005 - An information-sharing web portal Pakistan Relief and Information Systems for Earthquakes (RISE) was launched today designed to provide information about the 4,000 earthquake-affected villages in the largely rural North West Frontier....

Death Toll in Asian Quake Soars to 79,000

2005-10-19T21:03+0200

Death Toll in Asian Quake Soars to 79,000 Wednesday October 19, 2005 7:31 PM AP Photo XTM112 By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press Writer BALAKOT, Pakistan (AP) - The death toll soared to 79,000 Wednesday from South Asia's mammoth earthquake, following a survey of one of the two hardest-hit....

Aftershocks Jolt Quake-Devastated Areas

2005-10-19T20:33+0200

Aftershocks Jolt Quake-Devastated Areas Wednesday October 19, 2005 7:16 PM AP Photo XDG101 By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Two strong aftershocks from South Asia's deadly earthquake shook the devastated region Wednesday, unleashing landslides and setting....

Pakistan: Children in the mountains at risk warns UNICEF

2005-10-19T19:22+0200

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ISLAMABAD, 19 October (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of children remained cold, hungry and vulnerable to disease in remote parts of earthquake-affected Pakistan, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday. "There are still casualties coming in.

Pakistan situation update - UN

2005-10-19T19:22+0200

(Islamabad/Geneva/New York, 19 October 2005): Strong aftershocks continue to traumatize the survivors of the 8 October earthquake in northern regions of Pakistan, and have triggered further landslides in already inaccessible and high altitude areas. The official death toll still stands at about....

ACT Situation Report: South Asia earthquake - Pakistan 03/05

2005-10-19T19:22+0200

More relief items being delivered and protection/psychosocial program being developed Geneva, 18 October 2005 Situation Analysis 260,000 tents, two million blankets required Quake-hit areas face a second wave of deaths with thousands of injured lying untreated in the remnants of remote mountain villages as winter closes in fast.

DFID CHAD OT Situation Report No. 12 - South Asia earthquake

2005-10-19T19:22+0200

New figures push death toll from south Asian quake to more than 79,000

2005-10-19T18:40+0200

New figures push death toll from south Asian quake to more than 79,000 (AP) 19 October 2005 BALAKOT, Pakistan - A casualty survey by one of the two hardest-hit Pakistani regions pushed the toll on Wednesday from south Asia’s mammoth earthquake to more than 79,000, making it one of the deadliest in the past century.

Landslides hit Pakistan MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan — Two strong aftershocks from South Asia's deadly earthquake shook the devastated region Wednesday, unleashing landslides and setting off another wave of panic among survivors of the Oct. 8 disaster. A new tally from regional officials pushed the death toll to 79,000.

2005-10-19T18:04+0200

The prime minister of neighboring Pakistani-held Kashmir, Sikander Hayat Khan, said at least 40,000 people died in that region. India has reported 1,360 deaths in the part of Kashmir that it controls. Those tallies would push the death toll to 79,318 from the quake. A senior Pakistani army official estimated that 75,000 to 80,000 people died.

Welthungerhilfe doubles aid effort for Pakistan

2005-10-19T17:22+0200

Bonn, 19.10.2005. Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action) has doubled its aid to Pakistan and is now providing for around 5,000 people Kashmir and in the North-West Frontier Province. Families in the villages destroyed by the earthquake are receiving tents, blankets, plastic sheeting, sleeping mats, cooking utensils and food.

Tzu Chi sends relief team to help Pakistani quake victims

2005-10-19T17:22+0200

A 15-member relief team organized by the Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation arrived in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, on Oct. 19 to join relief operations for the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck the northern regions of Pakistan on Oct. 8.

U.S. Air Force supports Pakistan relief effort

2005-10-19T17:22+0200

Airmen across the globe continued to support the Pakistan-led earthquake relief operations Oct. 15 - 18 in a massive movement of aid in the region.Seven U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs and four C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to operations in theater transported more than 441,300 pounds loaded....

Pakistan quake toll rises to 47,700: official

2005-10-19T17:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (AFP) - Pakistan's earthquake killed at least 47,700 people and injured 67,000 others, national disaster response chief Major General Farooq Ahmad Khan said Wednesday, raising the toll by more than 6,000. dk/sls Copyright (c) 2005 Agence France-Presse Received by NewsEdge Insight:....

Japan to send second medical assistance team to quake-hit Pakistan

2005-10-19T17:22+0200

TOKYO, Oct 19 (AFP) - Japan will send a second medical assistance team to Pakistan to help victims of the massive earthquake which hit the country 11 days ago, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. The 21-strong team was to leave here on Thursday to relieve the first Japanese medical assistance group....

Pakistan: 100,000 quake victims treated, says PIMA

2005-10-19T17:22+0200

The Pakistan Islamic Medical Association, Karachi, has so far provided medical assistance to over 100,000 people through its 198 medical staff working at its six hospital and various mobile teams operating in the earthquake devastated areas. Addressing a press conference at Karachi Press Club on....

Pakistan: Kashmir quake produces myriad contradictions

2005-10-19T17:22+0200

By Faisal Aziz MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Disasters by their nature tend to defy norms. But the earthquake that devastated northern Pakistan has produced more than its fair share of contradictions, from the sight of American troops unloading Iranian relief supplies at a Pakistani air....

Pakistan raises known quake toll to nearly 48,000

2005-10-19T17:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Pakistan raised by around 6,000 to nearly 48,000 on Wednesday its confirmed death toll in the Oct. 8 earthquake which ravaged its northern mountains. Major-General Farooq Ahmed Khan, the federal relief commissioner who is in overall charge of the relief effort, told a....

It's in ruins but still it's home for Pakistani quake survivors

2005-10-19T17:22+0200

by Sonia Bakaric KANDAR, Pakistan, Oct 19 (AFP) - For the rest of the world it's yet another pile of rubble on a bleak, earthquake-ravaged mountainside in northwestern Pakistan. But for Shabnan and her family, it's still home. "It has been destroyed but this is our property," said Shabnan, who uses only one name, pulling a veil across her face.

India, Pakistan no closer on Kashmir despite earthquake diplomacy

2005-10-19T17:22+0200

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi, 19 October 2005 - The October 8 earthquake that hit both India and Pakistan triggered hopes that the shared tragedy would bring the two adversaries closer, and give momentum to the recent thaw in their ties. There have been tentative efforts to reach out to each other,....

Aftershocks Jolt Quake-Devastated Areas

2005-10-19T16:33+0200

Aftershocks Jolt Quake-Devastated Areas Wednesday October 19, 2005 3:16 PM AP Photo RJV108 By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Two strong aftershocks from South Asia's deadly earthquake shook the devastated region Wednesday, unleashing landslides and setting....

Kashmir quake produces myriad contradictions

2005-10-19T16:25+0200

Kashmir quake produces myriad contradictions (Reuters) 19 October 2005 MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Disasters by their nature tend to defy norms. But the earthquake that devastated northern Pakistan has produced more than its fair share of contradictions, from the sight of American troops unloading....

Death Toll in Asian Quake Passes 79,000

2005-10-19T16:03+0200

Death Toll in Asian Quake Passes 79,000 Wednesday October 19, 2005 2:31 PM AP Photo XTM105 By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - New casualty figures from the South Asian earthquake have pushed the death toll to more than 79,000, regional officials said Wednesday.

Hurdles in way of opening quake-hit Kashmir

2005-10-19T15:22+0200

by Shaun Tandon ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (AFP) - Kashmir's earthquake has brought unprecedented momentum to open up its disputed border after six decades, but it remains far from certain that India and Pakistan can agree to the practicalities. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, visiting the ravaged....

EADRCC Situation Report No. 7 Earthquake - Pakistan

2005-10-19T15:22+0200

1. Situation update: 1.1 Many villages and towns in remote mountainous areas are completely destroyed. The death toll is estimated at 40.000, and more than 65.000 people need urgent medical attention. An estimated 3.3 million people need shelter. 1.2 Following a formal request for disaster....

UNICEF warns thousands of children are at risk in mountains of Pakistan

2005-10-19T15:22+0200

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 19 October 2005 – UNICEF warned today that tens of thousands of children are in peril in remote earthquake-affected parts of Pakistan because of deteriorating weather, injury, and illness. The agency said that immediate steps must be taken to boost the number of children being....

Pakistan: UN prods China for more aid for quake zone

2005-10-19T15:22+0200

BEIJING, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The top UN relief coordinator called on China on Wednesday to match its growing economic clout with greater international aid and to rush badly needed supplies by land to earthquake-ravaged parts of Pakistan. Jan Egeland, U.N.

Kashmir refugees hope quake horror has silver lining

2005-10-19T15:22+0200

By Faisal Aziz NEELUM VALLEY ROAD, Pakistan, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Children burned incense on Wednesday at the graves of family and friends killed when the Kashmiri earthquake flattened their refugee camp, while their parents hoped the disaster might have a silver lining of sorts. More than 300 people were killed when the Oct.

Strong aftershocks rock quake-shattered Pakistan

2005-10-19T15:22+0200

By Faisal Aziz MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Aftershocks rocked earthquake-wrecked northern Pakistan on Wednesday, but survivors at least had one reason for hope as Islamabad and New Delhi agreed the border dividing Kashmir should be opened to help them. Pakistan's relief commissioner said the official number of dead due to the Oct.

Hope in Pakistan: Relief effort grows

2005-10-19T15:22+0200

In the days following the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that shattered northern Pakistan, Mercy Corps' efforts to provide emergency aid in two badly damaged mountain valleys gathered steam. Medical, sanitation and relief specialists are deploying to previously unserved areas in Seraan Valley and the....

Severe aftershocks jolt quake-hit Pakistan, India

2005-10-19T15:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (AFP) - Severe aftershocks jolted Pakistan and India early Wednesday, 11 days after an earthquake killed at least 42,000 people and left more than three million homeless across the region, officials said. In Pakistan, which bore the brunt of the October 8 quake, tremors lasting a....

India/Pakistan: Separatists welcome proposal to open Kashmir border

2005-10-19T15:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (AFP) - The leading rebel commander fighting Indian rule in Kashmir on Wednesday welcomed Pakistan's proposal to open the disputed border in the wake of the earthquake and called on India to agree. Syed Salahuddin, the head of Kashmir's largest militant group Hizbul Mujahedin, said....

PAKISTAN RAISES QUAKE TOLL TO 48,000

2005-10-19T15:14+0200

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan raised by around 6,000 to nearly 48,000 on Wednesday its confirmed death toll in the October 8 earthquake which ravaged its northern mountains. Major-General Farooq Ahmed Khan, the federal relief commissioner who is in overall charge of the relief effort, told a news....

Asian quake death toll to surpass 80,000

2005-10-19T15:14+0200

Asian quake death toll to surpass 80,000 Oct. 19, 2005 at 8:50AM Officials in Pakistan Wednesday increased the number of people killed to 80,000 as a result of the South Asian earthquake. Reports from Pakistani-held Kashmir and the country's North West Frontier Province indicate the real human loss in the Oct.

Pakistan's dirty laundering

2005-10-19T14:54+0200

The Boston Globe ''PAKISTAN on Saturday welcomed an offer of earthquake assistance from Israel," the Associated Press reported on Oc...

EARTHQUAKE

2005-10-19T14:50+0200

EARTHQUAKE Regional officials in northern Pakistan and Kashmir have issued new figures for the number of people killed by the earthquake there eleven days ago. According to their calculations, more than seventy-nine-thousand people died. This is higher than the figure given by the central government....

India And Pakistan Work Together After Earthquake

2005-10-19T13:28+0200

Islamabad, Pakistan (AHN) - Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will aid families by opening the border with Kashmir. "We will allow any amount of people coming across... to meet relatives and assist with reconstruction," he says. - Wed, 19 Oct 2005 06:41:00 GMT

India opens phone lines to quake victims

2005-10-19T13:14+0200

India opens phone lines to quake victims Oct. 19, 2005 at 6:31AM India has opened a free telephone link for earthquake victims to contact relatives across divided Kashmir, while in talks with Pakistan on opening the border. The news came as severe aftershocks shook Kashmir Wednesday, causing fresh....

Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 79,000

2005-10-19T13:03+0200

Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 79,000 Wednesday October 19, 2005 11:46 AM AP Photo XBKB105 By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Two strong aftershocks from South Asia's deadly earthquake shook the devastated region on Wednesday, unleashing landslides and....

South Asia Quake Death Toll Over 79,000

2005-10-19T12:33+0200

South Asia Quake Death Toll Over 79,000 Wednesday October 19, 2005 11:16 AM AP Photo XBKB105 By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press Writer ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - New figures released by regional officials on Wednesday pushed the death toll in South Asia's earthquake to more than 79,000, about half each....

South Asia Quake Death Toll Over 79,000

2005-10-19T12:15+0200

The Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Oct 19, 2005 — New figures released by regional officials on Wednesday pushed the death toll in South Asia's earthquake to more than 79,000. Asif Iqbal Daudzai, information minister for Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, said that 37,958 people died in....

Quake death toll rises to more than 79,000

2005-10-19T12:05+0200

Quake death toll rises to more than 79,000 19/10/2005 11:01:29 AM New figures released by regional officials today pushed the death toll in South Asia’s earthquake to more than 79,000. Asif Iqbal Daudzai, information minister for Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, said 37,958 people died in....

Separatists welcome proposal to open Kashmir border

2005-10-19T11:55+0200

Separatists welcome proposal to open Kashmir border (AFP) 19 October 2005 ISLAMABAD - The leading rebel commander fighting Indian rule in Kashmir on Wednesday welcomed Pakistan’s proposal to open the disputed border in the wake of the earthquake and called on India to agree.

Aftershocks Hit South Asian Quake Region

2005-10-19T11:33+0200

Aftershocks Hit South Asian Quake Region Wednesday October 19, 2005 10:16 AM AP Photo RJV108 By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Two strong aftershocks from the South Asian earthquake that killed at least 54,000 people shook the devastated region on Wednesday,....

Strong aftershocks rock quake-shattered Pakistan

2005-10-19T11:28+0200

By Faisal Aziz MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Strong aftershocks rocked earthquake-shattered northern Pakistan on Wednesday morning, but there were no immediate reports of more deaths or injuries. A 5.8 magnitude quake at 7.33 a.m. (0233 GMT), the strongest of dozens of aftershocks since an....

Pakistan: South Asia earthquake - Many children in isolated areas remain in peril

2005-10-19T11:22+0200

By Michael Bociurkiw MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, 18 October 2005 - It's a race against time to save up to 120,000 children who have not yet been reached by the relief effort in remote mountain areas of quake-stricken northern Pakistan. At a makeshift hospital in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan's Kashmir....

Quake prompts dramatic accord on Kashmir contacts

2005-10-19T10:45+0200

The catastrophic earthquake which shattered Pakistani Kashmir opened a door to reconciliation with Pakistan's old foe India yesterday. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf made a dramatic appeal to India to allow the...

Phone link established for quake victims

2005-10-19T09:59+0200

INDIAN Kashmiris rejoiced Wednesday as New Delhi offered free telephone links so they can call relatives across the de facto border in Pakistan in the aftermath of the devstating earthquake.

Phone link established for quake victims

2005-10-19T09:37+0200

17:20 (AEST) INDIAN Kashmiris rejoiced Wednesday as New Delhi offered free telephone links so they can call relatives across the de facto border in Pakistan in the aftermath of the devstating earthquake.

Pakistan: PML briefs diplomats on quake relief, rehabilitation

2005-10-19T09:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (APP): President Pakistan Muslim League Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Monday said a long term and comprehensive strategy is being prepared for the rehabilitation of the earthquake affectees. Giving a detailed briefing to the foreign diplomats here at Pakistan Muslim League House, the....

Earthquake in South Asia/Pakistan - key information at a glance

2005-10-19T09:22+0200

Earthquake in Pakistan 08.10.2005 Time UTC 03.50 Time CH 05.50 Local time 08.50 Magnitude 7.6 Swiss humanitarian aid Swiss humanitarian aid authorities responded immediately after the earthquake. Thanks to the SDC Cooperation Office in Islamabad Pakistan, the operational unit had detailed first-hand information.

Interview: Quake disregards Kashmir politics

2005-10-19T09:22+0200

AlertNet spoke to Vernon Hewitt, an author on Kashmir's history and senior lecturer in politics at the University of Bristol, England. AlertNet: Neither India nor Pakistan seem to have softened their line on Kashmir much in the interests of earthquake relief as they respond to the disaster that struck on Oct.

South Asia Earthquake: Fact Sheet #10 (FY 2006)

2005-10-19T09:22+0200

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, on October 8, 2005, at 8:50 a.m. local time, according to the U.

Pakistan: Donors conference to be held in Geneva on October 24 to assess earthquake losses and needs - PM

2005-10-19T09:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Monday that a donors conference will be held in Geneva on October 24 to assess the losses caused by the October 8 devastating earthquake and needs for reconstruction. Addressing a joint press conference with visiting Director of International....

Salvation Army team in Pakistan begins distributing tents

2005-10-19T09:22+0200

The Salvation Army earthquake relief team in Pakistan - including Lieut-Colonel Cedric Sharp (Chief Secretary, Pakistan Territory) and International Emergency Services representatives Captain Macdonald Chandi and Major David Wakefield - left Islamabad on Friday 14 October to head for the northern town of Abbotabad.

Aid by numbers: S. Asia quake

2005-10-19T09:22+0200

By Alex Whiting The 7.6 Richter earthquake which shook South Asia on Oct. 8 is the worst in the region in nearly a century. Its epicentre was in Pakistan but the tremors were felt as far apart as Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Here's a brief overview of the scale of the challenge now facing emergency....

India welcomes border proposal

2005-10-19T09:11+0200

India welcomes border proposal 19 October 2005 07:24 India has welcomed a proposal by Pakistan to allow Kashmiris to cross the line of control dividing the disputed territory to help in the earthquake relief effort. The Indian government said it would be willing to allow people to cross but was....

Aftershocks jolt quake-hit Pakistan

2005-10-19T08:52+0200

16:16 (AEST) SEVERE aftershocks jolted Pakistan and India early Wednesday, 11 days after an earthquake killed at least 42,000 and left more than three million homeless across the region, officials said.

Aftershocks jolt quake-hit Pakistan

2005-10-19T08:29+0200

SEVERE aftershocks jolted Pakistan and India early Wednesday, 11 days after an earthquake killed at least 42,000 and left more than three million homeless across the region, officials said.

Aftershocks rock Pakistan

2005-10-19T07:58+0200

By Faisal Aziz MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Strong aftershocks rocked earthquake-shattered northern Pakistan on Wednesday morning, but there were no immediate reports of more deaths or injuries. A 5.8 magnitude quake at 7.33 a.m. (10:33 p.m. EDT Tuesday), the strongest of dozens of aftershocks....

India hails Kashmir border moves

2005-10-19T07:36+0200

India has welcomed moves by Pakistan to free up the movement of people across the border that separates the disputed territory of Kashmir following the devastating October 8 earthquake in the region.

Pakistan: Concern to spend up to â‚¬3 million on initial relief phase

2005-10-19T07:22+0200

Concern Chief Executive Tom Arnold, said today that Concern has already transferred $1 million USD for its operations in Pakistan. Concern also plans to spend €2 million over the next few weeks providing basic relief packages to families devastated by Ocotber 8th's earthquake in Pakistan.

Earthquake survivors traumatized as aftershocks trigger further landslides in remote, high-altutude areas of northern Pakistan

2005-10-19T07:22+0200

IHA/1100 Relief Aid Starts to Arrive in Affected Areas; Huge Need for Winterized Tents as Local Supply Runs Out ISLAMABAD/GENEVA/ NEW YORK, 18 October (OCHA) -- Aftershocks continue to traumatize the survivors of the 8 October earthquake in northern regions of Pakistan, and have triggered further....

Earthquake in India and Pakistan - CARE emergency workers rush to distribute shelter and supplies to survivors

2005-10-19T07:22+0200

As winter approaches, relief becomes a race against time CARE's emergency teams are coordinating with international and national relief organizations to provide immediate aid to victims of an earthquake that ripped through Pakistan and India on October 8.

Pakistan May Let Kashmiris Enter for Aid

2005-10-19T05:33+0200

Pakistan May Let Kashmiris Enter for Aid Wednesday October 19, 2005 4:16 AM AP Photo RJV108 By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan on Tuesday proposed allowing Kashmiris to cross the frontier dividing the territory with India to help earthquake victims -....

Pakistan: Latest from the quake zone

2005-10-19T05:22+0200

Cassandra Nelson is Mercy Corps' senior global media and communications officer, based in Islamabad, Pakistan. For the past week, she's been accompanying emergency-aid workers as they deliver medical care and assess ongoing needs in villages affected by the earthquake.

Joint bid to open Kashmir border

2005-10-19T03:09+0200

MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan and India yesterday moved towards an historic opening of the Kashmir border as time runs out to save survivors of the earthquake that ravaged the divided Himalayan territory. With the UN warning that half a million people are in desperate need of aid, Pakistani President....

Bahrain boosts quake aid

2005-10-19T03:09+0200

By SOMAN BABY BAHRAIN is to send relief aid worth $3 million (BD1.1m) to earthquake victims in Pakistan. The move was announced yesterday by Deputy Premier and Islamic Affairs Minister Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalid Al Khalifa, who is also president of the Bahrain Red Crescent Society (BRCS).

Pakistan to plead special exports case after quake

2005-10-19T02:42+0200

“We want to build our case on the grounds that there are sudden new pressures on our economy following the earthquake, and the reconstruction task ahead is gigantic,” said the minister, who declined to be identified. Shaukat Aziz, Pakistan's prime minister, has estimated post-earthquake....

Quake helps unify Kashmir

2005-10-19T02:08+0200

Pakistan on Tuesday proposed allowing Kashmiris to cross the frontier dividing the territory with India to help earthquake victims — the latest sign of cooperation between the two countries.

Cooperation in quake zone MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan on Tuesday proposed allowing Kashmiris to cross the frontier dividing the territory with India to help earthquake victims — the latest sign of cooperation between the nuclear rivals since this month's disaster. An estimated 500,000 have yet to receive aid, the U.N. World Food Program warned.

2005-10-19T02:04+0200

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf suggested letting Kashmiris cross the so-called Line of Control in Kashmir, a move that would encourage cooperation between the two neighbors in the disputed region. Kashmir is divided between Pakistan and India, and both nations claim it in its entirety.

Post-quake diplomacy lifts hope in grieving Kashmir

2005-10-19T00:58+0200

By Faisal Aziz MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Destitute and grieving after the earthquake that destroyed their homes, Kashmiris in Pakistan held out hope on Wednesday that India would let their kinfolk cross a ceasefire line to help them. The quake on October 8 killed more than 41,000 people and....

Pakistan May Let Kashmiris Enter for Aid

2005-10-18T23:33+0200

Pakistan May Let Kashmiris Enter for Aid Tuesday October 18, 2005 10:01 PM AP Photo RJV108 By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan on Tuesday proposed allowing Kashmiris to cross the frontier dividing the territory with India to help earthquake victims -....

UNDP India - Earthquake Situation Report - 18 Oct 2005

2005-10-18T23:22+0200

NATURE OF HAZARD : Earthquake A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.4 occurred on 8th October 2005 at 8.50.38 AM (local time) with epicentre at 34.432°N, 73.537°E in Muzaffarabad Region in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. The shaking caused massive destruction to houses, public buildings and communication....

Pakistan: UNICEF immunises quake victims

2005-10-18T23:22+0200

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] MUZAFFARABAD, 18 October (IRIN) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has undertaken the massive task of immunising thousands of children in Pakistan's badly affected earthquake region.

UN shifts Pakistan earthquake aid conference

2005-10-18T23:22+0200

GENEVA, Oct 18 (AFP) - The United Nations has rescheduled an international conference on relief to earthquake-hit Pakistan and renewed its appeal for donations, the world body's aid division said on Tuesday. Elisabeth Byrs, a spokeswoman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs....

Pakistan, India â€“ Earthquake: OCHA Situation Report No. 13

2005-10-18T23:22+0200

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2005/0174 OCHA Situation Report No. 14 South Asia (Pakistan and India) - Earthquake This report is based on the information provided by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator/Resident Coordinator’s (UN HC/RC) Office in Islamabad, national authorities, agencies, NGOs and donors in Pakistan, as well as the UNRC’s Office in New Delhi.

WHO Pakistan Earthquake - Health Update 18 Oct 2005

2005-10-18T23:22+0200

The World Health Organization is concerned about the lack of shelter and safe water for people affected by the earthquake ten days ago in Pakistan. Despite the best efforts of the Pakistan Government, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations, many people have still not been reached by adequate relief supplies.

Children Orphaned in Quake Face New Perils

2005-10-18T23:03+0200

Children Orphaned in Quake Face New Perils Tuesday October 18, 2005 9:46 PM AP Photo ISL104 By EN-LAI YEOH Associated Press Writer RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Before Mohamed Sajid was bundled onto a rescue helicopter from earthquake-ravaged Muzaffarabad, his father scrawled his son's name - and his....

Pakistan May Let Kashmiris Come for Aid

2005-10-18T22:33+0200

Pakistan May Let Kashmiris Come for Aid Tuesday October 18, 2005 9:01 PM AP Photo RJV108 By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan on Tuesday proposed allowing Kashmiris to cross the frontier dividing the territory with India to help earthquake victims -....

Quake opens door to reconciliation

2005-10-18T21:59+0200

THE catastrophic earthquake which shattered Pakistani Kashmir opened a door to reconciliation with Pakistan's old foe India today.

Quake leads to Kashmir contacts

2005-10-18T21:38+0200

(CNN) -- The huge earthquake that devastated Pakistani-administered Kashmir has opened a door to possible reconciliation with Pakistan's old rival India. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday urged India to allow the people of divided Kashmir to help each other deal with the disaster. India agreed with rare speed.

Quake opens door to reconciliation

2005-10-18T21:37+0200

05:22 (AEST) THE catastrophic earthquake which shattered Pakistani Kashmir opened a door to reconciliation with Pakistan's old foe India today.

Pakistan Earthquake Orphans Thousands

2005-10-18T21:33+0200

Pakistan Earthquake Orphans Thousands Tuesday October 18, 2005 8:16 PM AP Photo XTM109 By EN-LAI YEOH Associated Press Writer RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Before Mohamed Sajid was bundled onto a rescue helicopter from earthquake-ravaged Muzaffarabad, his father scrawled his son's name - and his own -....

Singapore relief teams leave for Pakistan

2005-10-18T21:22+0200

SINGAPORE, Oct 18, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Two relief teams left here on Tuesday for Pakistan which was badly hit by a powerful earthquake recently. The first team is made up of Singaporean volunteers while the second one comprises six doctors, six nurses and a facilitator, according to government sources.

NATO joins forces with UNHCR to airlift urgently-needed tents to Pakistan

2005-10-18T21:22+0200

GENEVA, October 18 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency announced on Tuesday it had joined forces with NATO and the government of Turkey to airlift hundreds of tonnes of supplies, including nearly 10,000 desperately needed tents, from Incirlik airbase in southern Turkey to the earthquake zone in northern Pakistan.

Urgent help needed in Pakistan - Shelter needed: millions left homeless as winter sets in

2005-10-18T21:22+0200

Action Against Hunger's emergency response in Pakistan included emergency air deliveries of food, nutritional BP5 biscuits, and water and sanitation equipment. Our emergency programs in water and sanitation, health, and nutrition will help earthquake victims on many levels, but with winter....

Earthquake team deployment sharpens focus on emergency training

2005-10-18T21:22+0200

NEUHAUSEN, Germany, October 18 (UNHCR) – Over the past week, the UN refugee agency has dispatched six emergency staff to Pakistan to help with the response to the earthquake crisis. One member of the team, site planner Charlemagne Kpakpo, was plucked straight from a week-long intensive emergency....

Pakistan Situation Update, Tuesday 18 October 2005

2005-10-18T21:22+0200

Aftershocks continue to traumatize the survivors of the 8 October earthquake in northern regions of Pakistan, and have triggered further landslides in already remote and high altitude areas. Among the millions of people needing immediate shelter and medical assistance are an estimated one million children.

Pakistan: Urgent aid needed now for quake-hit north

2005-10-18T21:22+0200

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] MUZAFFARABAD, 18 October (IRIN) - The death toll is rising and weather conditions worsening, but 10 days on from the earthquake that devastated northern Pakistan, the world community has still not grasped the enormity of the disaster, according to senior UN relief officials.

Earthquake in Pakistan

2005-10-18T20:53+0200

Earthquake in Pakistan Rasul Nizam, Bangkok I did not expect in my lifetime to see a great calamity in the form of a mammoth earthquake, which took place in north-eastern Pakistan some days ago, causing such colossal damage to so many people in the country.

4.22am Musharraf ready to open Kashmir frontier

2005-10-18T20:52+0200

Musharraf ready to open Kashmir frontier From correspondents in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan October 19, 2005 PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf said Pakistan is ready to open the ceasefire line dividing Kashmir, allowing Indian Kashmiris to come and join aid efforts after the earthquake.

Musharraf ready to open Kashmir frontier

2005-10-18T20:29+0200

PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf said Pakistan is ready to open the ceasefire line dividing Kashmir, allowing Indian Kashmiris to come and join aid efforts after the earthquake.

Quake leads to Kashmir contacts

2005-10-18T20:21+0200

The catastrophic earthquake that devastated Pakistani-administered Kashmir has opened a door to possible reconciliation with Pakistan's old rival India.

Last Group of DART Personnel Depart From Trenton

2005-10-18T20:19+0200

Media are invited to attend the departure of the last group of CF personnel from the CF Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to deploy to Pakistan. The DART is deploying as part of the Government of Canada's contribution to relief efforts following the earthquake that struck South Asia on Oct. 8, 2005. Approximately 38 CF personnel will depart on a CF CC-150 Airbus.

Quake Orphans Face Peril of Trafficking

2005-10-18T20:03+0200

Quake Orphans Face Peril of Trafficking Tuesday October 18, 2005 6:31 PM AP Photo ISL105 By EN-LAI YEOH Associated Press Writer RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Before Mohamed Sajid was bundled onto a rescue helicopter from earthquake-ravaged Muzaffarabad, his father scrawled his son's name - and his own....

Quake prompts dramatic accord on Kashmir contacts

2005-10-18T19:58+0200

By David Brunnstrom MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - The catastrophic earthquake which shattered Pakistani Kashmir opened a door to reconciliation with Pakistan's old foe India on Tuesday. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf made a dramatic appeal to India to allow the quake-stricken people of....

Have your say

2005-10-18T19:41+0200

Should the Kashmir Line of Control be opened up between India and Pakistan? President Pervez Musharraf has offered to open the Line of Control dividing Kashmir to help families find loved ones after last week's earthquake. Speaking in Muzaffarabad, the Pakistan leader has urged India to agree to the plan.

Musharraf ready to open Kashmir frontier after quake

2005-10-18T19:25+0200

Musharraf ready to open Kashmir frontier after quake (AFP) 18 October 2005 MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf proposed on Tuesday to India that the two countries open up their de factor border in divided Kashmir to step up relief efforts after the massive earthquake.

South Asia earthquake: Funding critical to ensure vital assistance reaches earthquake victims

2005-10-18T19:22+0200

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is concerned about the slow response to the appeal it launched to support the ongoing relief operation for victims of the strong earthquake which ravaged northern parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan on 8 October. The 73-million-Swiss franc (€ 47 million/US$ 56.

Pakistan's Musharraf ready to open Kashmir frontier after quake

2005-10-18T19:22+0200

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 18 (AFP) - President Pervez Musharraf said Tuesday that Pakistan was ready to open the ceasefire line dividing Kashmir, allowing Indian Kashmiris to come and join aid efforts after the earthquake. "We will allow any amount of people coming across the Line of Control to....

Pakistan: 100,000 quake victims treated, says PIMA

2005-10-18T19:22+0200

NATO boosts Pakistan aid efforts

2005-10-18T19:22+0200

BRUSSELS, Oct 18 (AFP) - NATO has agreed to transport several hundred tonnes of humanitarian aid to Pakistan and plans to offer more help following the devastating earthquake there 10 days ago, a spokesman said on Tuesday. The aid, supplied by the UN's refugee agency from its relief supplies in....

Pakistan: UN calls moot on quake aid

2005-10-18T19:22+0200

The United Nations has scheduled an international conference next week on aid to earthquake-hit Pakistan. Tasnim Aslam, the Foreign Ministry spokesman, announced this on Monday. The conference is scheduled for October 24. “We are grateful to the international community for their response. It reinforces our faith in human family,” she said.

Musharraf appeals to India to allow Kashmir visits

2005-10-18T18:38+0200

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan –– Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf called on India on Tuesday to allow earthquake-stricken Kashmiris cross the de facto border that divides the countries and families in a bitterly disputed region.

Military Copters Deliver Aid to Kashmir

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Military Copters Deliver Aid to Kashmir Tuesday October 18, 2005 4:31 PM AP Photo AXLP108 By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani and U.S. military helicopters delivered aid at a brisk pace to the earthquake-stricken region of Kashmir on Tuesday amid warnings....

Musharraf appeals to India to allow Kashmir visits

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Musharraf appeals to India to allow Kashmir visits (Reuters) 18 October 2005 MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf called on India on Tuesday to allow earthquake-stricken Kashmiris cross the de facto border that divides the countries and families in a bitterly disputed region.

UN: Half a million quake victims still ...

2005-10-18T17:35+0200

UN: Half a million quake victims still without aid 18/10/2005 1:53:46 PM The UN World Food Programme today warned that half a million earthquake survivors had yet to receive relief supplies, and Pakistan’s president said during a visit to a quake-stricken town that he had appealed to the....

Nato steps up aid to Pakistan

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Nato steps up aid to Pakistan 18/10/2005 2:19:46 PM Nato is to expand its airlift of relief supplies to earthquake-hit Pakistan, but has acknowledged its humanitarian role has limits. “There are other organisations in the front line to do humanitarian relief work,” said alliance spokesman James Appathurai.

India rejects request for non-Indian ...

2005-10-18T17:35+0200

India rejects request for non-Indian helicopter crews 18/10/2005 8:24:03 AM India has rejected Pakistan’s request for helicopters for relief work in the earthquake-hit region without Indian pilots and crews. Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammed Khan called his Indian counterpart Shyam Saran in....

Pakistan cuts through mountain roads to reach quake survivors

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by Sylvie Groult SANGHAR, Pakistan, Oct 18 (AFP) - The Pakistani army tore through landslides Tuesday to reopen earthquake-ravaged roads to remote towns and villages in the north and in Kashmir, which have been cut off from supplies by land for 10 days.

Pakistan: Army Relief operation in Balakot and Bagh

2005-10-18T17:22+0200

Islamabad, Pakistan, 16 Oct, 2005 - As many as 120 mules of Animal Transport Regiment of the Pakistan Army are being used to provide relief goods to inaccessible areas in the surroundings of Balakot, on of the worst hit areas of October 8 earthquake. 10 tons of relief items which include tents, warm....

Pakistan: CDA office shelters earthquake victims

2005-10-18T17:22+0200

Earthquake victims, coming from Muzaffarabad and its suburbs, have taken refuge in the Iqbal Hall of the Capital Development Authority located in sector G-7/4, forcing CDA staff to work outside the building, government officials told Daily Times on Monday.

DFID CHAD OT Situation Report No. 11 - South Asia earthquake

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Pakistan appeals to India to allow Kashmir visits

2005-10-18T17:22+0200

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf appealed to India on Tuesday to allow earthquake-stricken Kashmiris to cross the Line of Control which divides the two countries and families. "We will allow any amount of people coming across Line of Control," he told a....

South Asia: Generous support for quake victims

2005-10-18T17:22+0200

In the week since a devastating earthquake killed and injured tens of thousands of people in Pakistan and India, the British public has been giving generously to help the survivors. The British Red Cross has raised more than £1.5 million since it launched the Asian Earthquake Appeal on Sunday 9 October.

Pakistan: Agencies sound alarm at slow quake aid

2005-10-18T17:22+0200

By Richard Waddington and Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Aid agencies sounded the alarm on Tuesday at the slow international response to appeals for money to help victims of the Pakistan earthquake in which the United Nations says more than 32,000 children may have died. The Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which coordinates U.

IOM launches global appeal for winterized tents for earthquake victims in Pakistan

2005-10-18T17:22+0200

GENEVA - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is launching a worldwide appeal for winterized tents to provide urgent shelter assistance to survivors of Pakistan's earthquake. "The window of opportunity for saving the lives of earthquake survivors is closing fast.

Earthquake South Asia: Malteser International - Still urgent need for medical assistance

2005-10-18T17:22+0200

Cologne/Islamabad. Hunger, frostbites and sometimes fatal infections are the second disaster after the earthquake catastrophe for the survivors in Pakistan and India. Marie-Theres Benner, relief expert of Malteser International, predicts further problems: "Within the next few weeks, up to 90,000....

Overview: Quake aftermath

2005-10-18T17:18+0200

The 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck close to Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on 8 October is known to have caused about 41,000 deaths and devastation it may take a decade to repair. Pakistan confirmed 39,400 deaths without specifying how many of them occurred in its sector of Kashmir while India recorded 1,330 in its sector.

Military Copters Deliver Aid to Kashmir

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Military Copters Deliver Aid to Kashmir Tuesday October 18, 2005 3:16 PM AP Photo AXLP108 By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani and U.S. military helicopters delivered aid at a brisk pace to the earthquake-stricken region of Kashmir on Tuesday amid warnings....

Nato steps up aid to Pakistan

2005-10-18T15:35+0200

UN: Half a million quake victims still ...

2005-10-18T15:05+0200

Quake-hit Pakistan races against winter

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Quake-hit Pakistan races against winter (AFP) 18 October 2005 GHARI DUPATTA, Pakistan - Bulldozers broke open roads on Tuesday to push into the isolated Himalayas as the UN warned there were not enough tents in the world to keep warm the survivors of Pakistan’s pulverising earthquake.

EADRCC Situation Report No. 6 Earthquake - Pakistan

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1. Situation update: 1.1 Many villages and towns in remote mountainous areas are completely destroyed. This has caused colossal loss of life and property. The death toll as of 17 Oct 05 is estimated at 39.500, and more than 65.000 people need urgent medical attention. An estimated 3.3 million people need shelter.

ACT Dateline: Pakistan - Aid to the valley of death

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South Asia/Pakistan 03/05 By Arne Grieg Riisnæs, Norwegian Church Aid/ACT Batagram, Pakistan, October 18, 2005- When the first life-giving aid reached the remote villages of Pakistan's Balakot province, the scenes were heartbreaking. The October 8 earthquake could hardly have hit a more vulnerable....

Pakistan: WFP welcomes swift response from Japan to South Asia earthquake

2005-10-18T13:22+0200

YOKOHAMA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a swift contribution from the Government of Japan of US$ 2.5 million to the agency's emergency operation for those hit by the South Asia earthquake. Japan was one of the first countries to donate to WFP's relief effort,....

Pakistan: Earthquake relief

2005-10-18T13:22+0200

In a race against time to get assistance to earthquake victims facing freezing temperatures and heavy rainfall, IOM is continuing to focus on the rapid delivery of essential relief items to the survivors. Today, IOM is sending tents, beds and mattresses to the Abass Shahid Hospital in Muzaffarabad....

India turns down Pakistan request for copters without crew

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by Elizabeth Roche NEW DELHI, India, Oct 18 (AFP) - India rejected Tuesday Pakistan's request for helicopters without crews for relief operations, as Islamabad tries to cope with 3.3 million people left homeless by the huge South Asian earthquake. Analysts are asking if the South Asian rivals are....

Saudi Ambassador visits Pakistani injured children victims of earthquake

2005-10-18T13:22+0200

Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Ali Awadh Asseri has presented gifts of dates, Zam Zam water and copies of the Holy Quran to children, who were admitted in the Rawalpindi General Hospital (RGH) after being injured in the October 8 earthquake. The Rawalpindi Medical College Principal, Prof Musaddaq, and....

Pakistan: Time running out for earthquake children

2005-10-18T13:22+0200

Children's agency predicts secondary crisis for child earthquake survivors Mansehra—18 Oct: Children's agency Plan is predicting a secondary – equally deadly – crisis for children who survived the South Asia earthquake, as time runs out for the village communities still waiting rescue and relief.

Government donates 1,5 mil kuna to earthquake victims in Pakistan

2005-10-18T13:22+0200

The Croatian Government had approved the allocation of 1.5 million kuna from the state budget to Croatian Caritas charity organisation as assistance to the population of Pakistan, hit by a strong earthquake last week. The decision was made at Friday's telephone session.

Military Copters Deliver Aid to Kashmir

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Military Copters Deliver Aid to Kashmir Tuesday October 18, 2005 11:16 AM AP Photo AXLP108 By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani and U.S. military helicopters delivered aid at a brisk pace to the earthquake-stricken region of Kashmir on Tuesday.

Indian helicopter help accepted, but not pilots

2005-10-18T12:33+0200

Pakistan said yesterday that it was willing to accept an offer from India to send helicopters for earthquake relief operations, but without Indian pilots. "Given the obvious sensitivities, we could not accept involvement of Indian military on our side for relief operations," the foreign ministry said.

Quake relief 'remains grave'

2005-10-18T12:06+0200

Helicopters have resumed relief flights in earthquake-hit Pakistan after torrential rains caused authorities to temporarily ground planes following the crash of an army helicopter that killed six people.

Ýncirlik to become aid hub for Pakistan

2005-10-18T11:29+0200

ANKARA - Turkish Daily News ARTICLE SUMMARY The Ýncirlik air base in southern Turkey will become a cargo hub for the transportation of aid materials provided by the United Nations to earthquake-devastated Pakistan, Foreign Minister ARTICLE Ýncirlik air base in southern Turkey will become a cargo hub....

Pakistan: Aid in the valley of death

2005-10-18T11:22+0200

When the very first, crucial aid deliveries reached remote villages in the province of Balakot in Kashmir yesterday, Norwegian Church Aid was there. The scenes were heartbreaking. By Arne Grieg Riisnæs, Batagram, Pakistan The earthquake could hardly have struck a more vulnerable region of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.

Helicopters in new push to reach Pakistan quake survivors

2005-10-18T11:22+0200

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 18 (AFP) - Helicopters were in the air again under clear skies Tuesday as Pakistan aimed for a major push of relief supplies to reach millions of destitute earthquake survivors. "The weather is good again today and flights will be back in full swing," said Major Farooq....

NCA begins Pakistan airlift

2005-10-18T11:22+0200

On Monday 17th October, Norwegian Church Aid will send its first aircraft from Oslo Gardemoen carrying lifesaving aid to the earthquake-shattered regions of Pakistan. The aircraft will take off from Gardemoen at 10:00 am on Monday morning and will be loaded with urgently needed relief items,....

Pakistan to attend South Asia summit despite quake

2005-10-18T10:44+0200

Pakistan to attend South Asia summit despite quake 18 October 2005 DHAKA, Oct 18 (AFP) - Pakistan has confirmed that it will take part in next month's summit meeting of seven South Asian nations in the Bangladeshi capital despite ongoing earthquake relief efforts, officials said Monday.

Reaching out to the poor

2005-10-18T10:15+0200

I landed in Pakistan on 6 October, barely two days before the massive earthquake in the north and Kashmir. In Karachi, where I had arrived, it was not felt at all – I got to know about it through frantic sms messages from Malta from well-wishers who feared I had landed right into the chaos.

SA relief team to the rescue in quake zone

2005-10-18T09:50+0200

A South African relief team sent to earthquake-devastated Pakistan has achieved a world first by arriving with not only rescuers and paramedics, but also a full contingent of medical specialists.

India rejects request for non-Indian ...

2005-10-18T09:35+0200

India rejects request for non-Indian helicopeter crews 18/10/2005 8:24:03 AM India has rejected Pakistan’s request for helicopters for relief work in the earthquake-hit region without Indian pilots and crews. Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammed Khan called his Indian counterpart Shyam Saran....

PACTEC Responds to Pakistan earthquake

2005-10-18T09:22+0200

Pakistan Earthquake Worse Than Tsunami. MAF needs your partnership! The Pakistan earthquake death toll has now reached 54,000 and more than 3 million are homeless. The bitter cold of winter is fast approaching. More than $400,000 is needed now to cover the cost of emergency satellite communications and relief flights.

Some 1.1 million jobs may have been lost in Pakistan due to quake

2005-10-18T09:22+0200

conducted in the days following the south Asian earthquake on 8 October indicated that it caused the widespread destruction of most infrastructure and shops in the affected towns in the region - including the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Pakistan administered Kashmir, with heavy loss of....

Italian Govt. to send full-fledge field hospital to Pakistan for quake-affectees

2005-10-18T09:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (APP): Italy has decided to provide full-fledge Field hospital to Pakistan for providing medical assistance to the quake-affectees. Ambassador of Italy, Roberto Mazzotta told APP that the hospital will have facility of dealing 500 patients. He said a 30-memer Italian team already providing assistance to the victims of earthquake.

British, Irish Rotary clubs deliver emergency kits to Pakistan

2005-10-18T09:22+0200

B y Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga The first consignment of emergency relief aid from Rotary clubs and districts in Great Britain and Ireland for earthquake disaster victims in South Asia arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 13 October. Two British Rotarians accompanied the shipment, a total of 626 assorted....

Lutheran World Relief to provide quilts and medicine for Pakistani quake survivors

2005-10-18T09:22+0200

Baltimore, October 17, 2005 - With the first snowfall already on the ground in parts of Pakistan and the weather getting colder by the day, a warm quilt will be a welcome gift for people who lost their homes in the earthquake and have spent days out in the elements.

Pakistan: DEC press statement on agencies working across different faiths

2005-10-18T09:22+0200

Faith based members of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) are working together closely in the aftermath of the Pakistan earthquake to deliver aid to those that need it most as quickly as possible. CAFOD has already given Islamic Relief £100,000 and Christian Aid will soon hand over £250,000 and....

Pakistan: Government to take care of children injured in earthquake - PM

2005-10-18T09:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Sunday said the government would take care of all the children injured in the devastating earthquake and no one would be allowed to adopt any child. Talking to newsmen after visiting Federal Government Services Hospital and National Institute of....

WHO Pakistan Earthquake - Health Update 17 Oct 2005

2005-10-18T09:22+0200

Here is the latest health information from the earthquake-affected areas of Pakistan, with some specific information from districts below. - An estimated 3.3 million people have lost their homes, more than 38,000 people have died, and more than 65,000 are injured. Of those injured, many have still received no treatment.

Race against time for earthquake survivors

2005-10-18T09:22+0200

Trócaire has warned that without a massive increase in funding from the international community thousands of earthquake survivors in Pakistan will die in the coming weeks because of lack of shelter. The agency has already pledged some €300,000 to the emergency response in the affected areas and has....

South Asia Earthquake Update 18 Oct 2005

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Emergency Appeal for South Asia Earthquake - Pakistan and India Overview - Over 600,000 tents are needed to provide shelter to people affected by the disaster. Only 20,000ish have been reported to the UN as delivered so far; 70,000 tents are currently in the pipeline.

Global Employment Trends Brief Oct 2005 - Employment impact in Pakistan of South Asia Earthquake

2005-10-18T09:22+0200

Introduction The tragic earthquake that struck Pakistan and other parts of South Asia on October 8 has left tens of thousands dead or injured, devastating families and communities throughout the region. The search for survivors continues and the urgent task of providing food, water, shelter, medical....

New push to reach quake survivors

2005-10-18T08:29+0200

HELICOPTERS were in the air again under clear skies today as Pakistan aimed for a major push of relief supplies to reach millions of destitute earthquake survivors.

Pakistan to attend SAARC summit

2005-10-18T08:27+0200

DHAKA, Oct 17 () - Pakistan has confirmed that it will take part in next month?s summit meeting of seven South Asian nations in the Bangladeshi capital despite ongoing earthquake relief efforts, officials said Monday.

New push to reach quake survivors

2005-10-18T08:07+0200

15:40 (AEST) HELICOPTERS were in the air again under clear skies today as Pakistan aimed for a major push of relief supplies to reach millions of destitute earthquake survivors.

3.40pm New push to reach quake survivors

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New push to reach quake survivors From correspondents in Muzaffarabad October 18, 2005 HELICOPTERS were in the air again under clear skies today as Pakistan aimed for a major push of relief supplies to reach millions of destitute earthquake survivors. "The weather is good again today and flights....

State Department update on U.S. response to Pakistan earthquake 12 Oct 2005

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Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC The United States' initial $50 million relief package includes food, water, medical supplies, blankets, tents and humanitarian assistance personnel to assist Pakistan following the earthquake that struck on October 8.

State Department update on U.S. response to Pakistan earthquake 14 Oct 2005

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Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC This morning President Bush visited the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, DC to sign the book of condolences for the victims of the tragic earthquake in South Asia. President Bush promised Pakistani Ambassador Jehangir Karamat “not only will we offer....

Pakistan quake rescuers send mules to remote valleys

2005-10-18T07:22+0200

By David Brunnstrom MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Troops struggled on Tuesday to send mules laden with relief supplies into remote valleys where tens of thousands of villagers have been cut off since an earthquake rocked northern Pakistan 10 days ago.

State Department update on U.S. response to Pakistan earthquake 17 Oct 2005

2005-10-18T07:22+0200

Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC Today U.S. Navy vessels ferrying heavy machinery and other earthquake relief equipment and supplies arrived in the Pakistani port of Karachi. The machinery included more than 25 dump trucks, front-end loaders, backhoes, cargo trucks, a road-grader, a....

EHA responds to the South Asia earthquake - 17 Oct 2005

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EHA team sets up base in Baramulla and Srinagar October 17, 2005 In response to the earthquake which devastated villages in Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan and parts of Afghanistan, Emmanuel Hospital Association responded to the disaster by sending a joint medical team to Jammu & Kashmir.

Dropping temperatures in Pakistan pose new hurdles for quake relief â€“ UN official

2005-10-18T05:22+0200

Winter’s freezing temperatures are posing new challenges for relief workers delivering life-saving supplies to remote communities devastated by the recent earthquake in Pakistan, a senior United Nations official said today. “The race against time is growing shorter and shorter as the weather closes....

South Asian Earthquake

2005-10-18T05:22+0200

A. Background 1. The earthquake that struck northern Pakistan and neighboring regions of India and Afghanistan, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, was the most serious earthquake to hit the area in over a century. The epicenter was about 90 kilometers northeast of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad,....

EHA responds to the South Asia earthquake - 11 Oct 2005

2005-10-18T05:22+0200

EHA and its partners are responding to the earthquake that hit Pakistan, northern India and parts of Afghanistan, on October 8 2005, killing many thousands of people. "The urgent need is to provide aid to the victims & identify like minded local agencies," says Roy Alex, Manager of Disaster Program....

Pakistan to plead special exports case

2005-10-18T04:12+0200

"We want to build our case on the grounds that there are sudden new pressures on our economy following the earthquake, and the reconstruction task ahead is gigantic," said the minister, who declined to be identified. Shaukat Aziz, Pakistan's prime minister, has estimated post-earthquake....

Indian helicopter help accepted, but not pilots

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Rescue workers warn of secondary disaster

2005-10-18T03:02+0200

SCOTTISH rescue workers yesterday warned that a new disaster was waiting to happen in the earthquake-hit region of Pakistan because of the lack of aid getting through. The team of volunteers from the Grangemouth-based International Rescue Corps, which has been working at the epicentre of the quake, said medical supplies were urgently needed.

Quake cost 1m jobs in Pakistan

2005-10-18T02:09+0200

GENEVA: More than one million people have been left jobless by the earthquake that devastated parts of northern Pakistan this month, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said yesterday.

Bahrain aid flights leaving today

2005-10-18T02:09+0200

TWO plane-loads of relief aid worth $500,000 (BD189,000) will leave Bahrain today for quake-hit Pakistan. This is the first consignment of official aid from Bahrain for the victims. The Bahrain Red Crescent Society (BRCS) is organising aid for the earthquake-hit areas, following a Cabinet decision on October 9.

Second wave of deaths feared

2005-10-18T02:09+0200

KANUR, Pakistan: Aid workers yesterday warned that exposure and infection could trigger a second wave of deaths atop the 54,000 estimated killed in South Asia's earthquake, while thousands of injured people languished without shelter and medical care in villages across the stricken region of Kashmir. "It's the injured who most urgently need help," said Bill Berger, leader of the USAID disaster assistance response team.

Boy born at the moment of tragedy

2005-10-18T02:09+0200

MANSEHRA, Pakistan: Delivering a baby at the moment Pakistan's earthquake struck, killing at least 40,000 people, Dr Nargis Jehan remembers the mother's screams and her own faintness as the ground trembled and chunks of concrete fell. The boy, who has not yet been named, came into the world on....

Row mars S Asia quake aid effort

2005-10-18T01:33+0200

India and Pakistan fail to agree terms for Indian aircraft to help earthquake survivors on the Pakistani side.

Nature forces back terror

2005-10-18T01:32+0200

flowing into Pakistan may end up in the wrong hands to be channeled into strengthening the militant infrastructure. This, in turn, calls for a strict monitoring of funds and material being routed to the earthquake-ravaged nation. It has been repeatedly established by Indian security agencies that....

Pakistan: UNICEF warns against potential exploitation of child earthquake survivors

2005-10-17T23:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, 17 October 2005 - In the aftermath of the earthquake many children have become separated from their caregivers. UNICEF has responded with concern to reports about children being taken from health facilities by individuals or NGOs, claiming to be able to look after them.

Aid starts reaching thousands in quake-hit Pakistan

2005-10-17T23:22+0200

Pakistani soldiers load tents onto a U.S. helicopter for a relief flight at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Monday, Oct. 17, 2005 Aid has started reaching some of Pakistan's thousands of cold and hungry earthquake survivors as helicopters, trucks, even donkeys are used to bring help to Himalayan villages cut off for nine days.

Pakistan: Aid finally reaches Kashmir's quake survivors

2005-10-17T23:22+0200

by Stephen Coates and Deborah Pasmantier MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 17 (AFP) - Aid finally started reaching some of Pakistan's thousands of cold and hungry earthquake survivors Monday as helicopters, trucks and donkeys raced to reach Himalayan villages cut off for nine days.

Pakistan, India â€“ Earthquake: OCHA Situation Report No. 12

2005-10-17T23:22+0200

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2005/0173 OCHA Situation Report No. 12 South Asia (Pakistan and India) - Earthquake This report is based on the information provided by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator/Resident Coordinator’s (UN HC/RC) Office in Islamabad, national authorities, agencies, NGOs and donors in Pakistan, as well as the UNRC’s Office in New Delhi.

Switzerland doubles aid to Pakistan

2005-10-17T22:43+0200

Switzerland has doubled its financial aid to earthquake-stricken Pakistan to SFr4 million ($3.1 million) and is also sending more emergency supplies.

Turning crisis into peace

2005-10-17T21:43+0200

Turning crisis into peace We cannot know how terrible was the earthquake centred in northern Pakistan. Pictures and accounts from the area make it appear almost unbearable. The human toll in lives and injuries is staggering, and the destruction of homes and livelihood is unimaginable.

Hope in Pakistan: Relief effort grows

2005-10-17T21:22+0200

Six days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake shattered northern Pakistan, Mercy Corps' efforts to provide emergency aid in two badly damaged mountain valleys gathered steam. Medical, sanitation and relief specialists are deploying to previously unserved areas in Seraan Valley and the Konsh Valley, both....

(MAP) South Asia (Pakistan and India): Earthquake

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Mobile medical units ensure safe pregnancy and childbirth for earthquake survivors

2005-10-17T21:22+0200

HQ/2005/31 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, 17 October 2005 - Six mobile medical service units have begun providing care to families in two of the districts most affected by last week’s earthquake. In Muzzafarabad, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, one of the teams delivered three babies in its first day of operations at a government-run field hospital.

Earthquake in Pakistan: Switzerland to send three more aircraft with relief goods and increases aid to CHF 4 million

2005-10-17T21:22+0200

A dozen construction and logistics experts and some 180 tons of material are to leave Switzerland this week for Pakistan. After the return yesterday from an assessment mission in Pakistan of the delegate for humanitarian aid, Toni Frisch, Switzerland has decided to increase from CHF 2 million to CHF....

Afghanistan: UN-Afghan aid to Pakistan underway

2005-10-17T21:22+0200

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KABUL, 17 October (IRIN) - The UN and Afghan relief agencies are dispatching aid for survivors of the earthquake that hit northern Pakistan and India on 8 October. Officials at the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) said on....

Pakistan's death-zone babies fight to survive

2005-10-17T21:20+0200

The birth of a child is usually a happy occasion, but for many doctors working in Pakistan the earthquake has resulted in premature births and emergency cesarean cases. Zahid Hussein reports...

Aid finally reaches quake survivors

2005-10-17T20:56+0200

Aid finally started reaching some of Pakistan's thousands of cold and hungry earthquake survivors on Monday as helicopters, trucks and donkeys raced to reach Himalayan villages cut off for nine days. The sun shone after two days of heavy rain that grounded flights, letting dozens of choppers scour....

Quake death toll reaches 54 000

2005-10-17T20:56+0200

Heavy rains receded on Monday in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, giving hope that efforts could resume to bring aid to the millions of homeless survivors of a monster earthquake that killed an estimated 54Â 000 people. In the town of Bagh in Pakistan's portion of Kashmir, the bodies of five....

Aid finally reaches quake survivors

2005-10-17T20:53+0200

Aid finally reaches quake survivors Death toll crosses 54,000 mark Afp, Muzaffarabad Aid finally started reaching some of Pakistan's thousands of cold and hungry earthquake survivors yesterday as helicopters, trucks and donkeys raced to reach Himalayan villages cut off for nine days.

Two children rescued nine days after quake

2005-10-17T20:50+0200

Army rescuers have saved two children from the mountains in north-western Pakistan, nine days after the region was ravaged by a massive earthquake, the military said.

Pakistan OKs Indian copters, but not pilots

2005-10-17T20:38+0200

Pakistan said Monday that it was willing to accept an offer from rival India to send helicopters for earthquake relief operations, but without Indian pilots.

Two children alive in quake rubble

2005-10-17T20:29+0200

ARMY rescuers overnight saved two children from the mountains in northwestern Pakistan, nine days after the region was ravaged by a massive earthquake, the military said.

PAKISTAN 1

2005-10-17T20:20+0200

PAKISTAN 1 Relief agencies say they are still struggling to reach many of the three million people left homeless by the earthquake in South Asia. Some are using mules to take supplies to areas which can't be reached by road or air, and to carry the wounded to centres where they can be treated.

Aid finally reaches Kashmir’s quake survivors

2005-10-17T20:10+0200

Aid finally reaches Kashmir’s quake survivors (AFP) 17 October 2005 MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Aid finally started reaching some of Pakistan’s thousands of cold and hungry earthquake survivors on Monday as helicopters, trucks and donkeys raced to reach Himalayan villages cut off for nine days.

3.43am Two children alive in quake rubble

2005-10-17T20:07+0200

Two children alive in quake rubble From correspondents in Islamabad, Pakistan October 18, 2005 ARMY rescuers overnight saved two children from the mountains in northwestern Pakistan, nine days after the region was ravaged by a massive earthquake, the military said.

Quake relief flights resume after crash

2005-10-17T19:30+0200

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Helicopters have resumed relief flights in earthquake-hit Pakistan after torrential rains caused authorities to temporarily ground planes following the crash of an army helicopter that killed six people. The MI-17 transport helicopter was returning home after dropping....

Pakistan: WFP battles bad weather to get food to quake survivors

2005-10-17T19:22+0200

Situation update Muzaffarabad, 16 October 2005 WFP is concerned that aid efforts are being hampered by major difficulties due to logistical constraints and weather conditions in Pakistan, where a major earthquake killed nearly 40,000 people last week (latest government figures 16 October), leaving....

Aid reaches earthquake survivors in India

2005-10-17T19:22+0200

Latest UN reports estimate that at least 40,000 lives have been lost as a result of the earthquake that caused widespread devastation in Kashmir and north-west Pakistan. Just over a week after the earthquake struck, roads are reopening and relief operations are underway to help the thousands of....

The Ministry of Foreign affaire sends a second round of humanitarian aid to Pakistan

2005-10-17T19:22+0200

In response to a further appeal by the Pakistan authorities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today dispatched a second flight to Islamabad carrying humanitarian aid for the population of Pakistan, hard hit by a recent earthquake. This second flight, arranged for by the Department of Development....

Pakistan: Helicopters bring food relief to hard-to-reach areas

2005-10-17T19:22+0200

By Michael Bociurkiw BALAKOT, Pakistan, 15 October 2005 – Vital aid from UNICEF is reaching the more remote regions of Pakistan affected by the earthquake. Five UNICEF flights loaded with blankets and nutritional biscuits landed in Pakistan over the weekend, and seven more are scheduled for next week and beyond with almost 100,000 blankets.

First UNHCR relief flights and convoys arrive in Pakistan

2005-10-17T19:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, October 17 (UNHCR) – The first of tonnes of tents, blankets and other relief items for Pakistan's earthquake victims has arrived from the UN refugee agency's warehouses around the world, including neighbouring Afghanistan. On Monday, a convoy of more than 40 trucks was due to arrive at....

TNT assists WFP with emergency airlift to Pakistan

2005-10-17T19:22+0200

Brindisi, Italy, 15 October 2005 - TNT Airways has teamed up with its partner, WFP, to deliver emergency food rations to the survivors of last week’s earthquake in Pakistan that killed some 25,000 people and left hundreds of thousands without food or shelter.

Emergency Grant Aid in response of Large-Scale Earthquake Disaster in Pakistan

2005-10-17T19:22+0200

On October 14 (Fri), the Government of Japan decided to extend an emergency grant assistance amounting to 1,284 million yen (12 million US dollars) out of the total amount of 20 million US dollars previously decided as the grand aid for the relief efforts for the people affected by the large-scale earthquake in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Eyewitness account from Muzaffarabad

2005-10-17T18:42+0200

Eyewitness account from Muzaffarabad By Farhan Bokhari in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-controlled Kashmir Published: October 13 2005 17:58 | Last updated: October 13 2005 17:58 Farhan Bokhari, the FT’s Pakistan correspondent, visits the epicentre of Saturday’s earthquake where widespread devastation is met by a slow trickle of aid.

Pakistan quake relief resumes, more deaths feared

2005-10-17T18:40+0200

Pakistan quake relief resumes, more deaths feared (Reuters) 17 October 2005 MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Vital helicopter flights carrying food, blankets and tents to untold numbers of survivors of the earthquake in northern Pakistan resumed on Monday as lashing rains which compounded their misery ended.

Militant groups reach quake-hit areas

2005-10-17T18:14+0200

Militant groups reach quake-hit areas Oct. 17, 2005 at 11:56AM Some extremist Islamic groups have reportedly moved into Pakistan's earthquake-hit areas in the absence of the military, winning the victims' gratitude. "They (the extremists) helped us when everyone else had forgotten us," said one....

Pakistan quake relief resumes, more deaths feared

2005-10-17T18:02+0200

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Vital helicopter flights carrying food, blankets and tents to untold numbers of survivors of the earthquake in northern Pakistan resumed on Monday as lashing rains which compo... (photo: U.S. Navy) Khaleej Times

Pak quake relief resumes, more deaths feared

2005-10-17T17:53+0200

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan –– Vital helicopter flights carrying food, blankets and tents to untold numbers of survivors of the earthquake in northern Pakistan resumed on Monday as lashing rains which compounded their misery ended.

NBC: Quake disaster beyond imagination

2005-10-17T17:38+0200

The scope of the devastation wrought by the earthquake that hit Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan is hard to comprehend, even over a week after the quake hit. NBC News' Jim Maceda reports on the enduring images.

Pakistan OK's Indian copters, but without pilots

2005-10-17T17:23+0200

Pakistan said Monday that it was willing to accept an offer from rival India to send helicopters for earthquake relief operations, but without Indian pilots.

Japanese choppers join Pakistan quake relief effort

2005-10-17T17:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (AFP) - Japan on Monday became the fourth foreign country to operate helicopters in Pakistan's desperate relief effort after its earthquake, with two choppers heading out with medical supplies for survivors. The two helicopters, carrying a handful of Japanese troops, left Chaklala....

Over one million jobs lost in Pakistan due to quake, says ILO

2005-10-17T17:22+0200

Brussels/Geneva (dpa) - More than 1.1 million jobs may have been lost as a result of the south Asian earthquake that devastated parts of Pakistan, the International Labour Office (ILO) said Monday. The ILO said that productive and labour intensive job creation programmes were urgently needed to lift....

Pakistan: WFP uses packhorses and mules to reach quake victims in remote areas

2005-10-17T17:22+0200

BALAKOT – With helicopters grounded by low cloud, rain and snow and many roads still blocked by landslides, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun using packhorses and mules to bring emergency rations to survivors of the 8 October earthquake in remote mountain areas in Pakistan and Pakistani-administered Kashmir.

Aid arrives for Pakistan

2005-10-17T17:22+0200

Following the arrival of an AmeriCares airlift in Pakistan, nearly 30,000 pounds of medical relief is now being distributed to aid those in Muzaffarabad and Bagh (in Pakistani Kashmir), who are suffering as a result of last week’s 7.6 earthquake. AmeriCares emergency response workers are....

UN to host donor meeting on quake-hit Pakistan

2005-10-17T17:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A conference of rich countries will take place in Geneva next week to assess Pakistan's needs for rebuilding its earthquake-devastated north, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said on Monday. The conference called by the United Nations would be held on Oct. 24, she told a weekly news conference.

DFID CHAD OT Situation Report No. 10 - South Asia earthquake

2005-10-17T17:22+0200

I. SITUATION OVERVIEW - 7.6 earthquake (depth 10 kilometres) hit at 08.50 Pakistan time (03.50 GMT), on 8 October with the epicentre in the Muzaffarabad area, 95km north-northeast of Islamabad (highly populated). - Severe damage in six districts of Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and five districts of Pakistan administered Kashmir.

Pakistan: Aid finally reaches Kashmir's quake survivors

2005-10-17T17:22+0200

Pakistan: UNICEF concerned over potential exploitation of child quake

2005-10-17T17:22+0200

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ISLAMABAD, 17 October (IRIN) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over reports children separated from families and loved ones in the aftermath of the Pakistan earthquake are being taken from health....

Pakistan's quake survivors suffering from mental trauma

2005-10-17T17:22+0200

Islamabad (dpa) - Many survivors of the earthquake in Pakistan suffer from severe mental trauma and may take weeks and even months to return to normal life, doctors said Monday. Hundreds of people who continue to arrive in the capital Islamabad from the quake-hit areas in Pakistan-administered....

Earthquakes in South and Central Asia, accelerated application scheme for charity organisations

2005-10-17T17:22+0200

The Ministry of Finance is distributing the HUF 20 million to be provided for victims of the earthquake in Pakistan, to charity organisations, through an accelerated application procedure. Charity organisations, that have already been engaged in the operations following similar disasters and have....

Relief operations resume in Pakistan's quake hit areas as rains stop

2005-10-17T17:22+0200

By VOA News Airborne relief operations in Pakistan's earthquake-hit northern areas resumed as weather conditions improved Monday. Reports from Muzaffarabad - the capital of Pakistani Kashmir - say helicopters with relief supplies began arriving in the city shortly after daybreak.

Quake relief flights resume after crash

2005-10-17T17:06+0200

UN to host donor meeting on quake-hit Pakistan

2005-10-17T16:29+0200

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A conference of rich countries will take place in Geneva next week to assess Pakistan's needs for rebuilding its earthquake-devastated north, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said on Monday. The conference called by the United Nations would be held on October 24, she told a weekly news conference.

Aid finally reaches Kashmir’s quake survivors

2005-10-17T16:25+0200

Pakistan's death-zone babies fight to survive

2005-10-17T15:50+0200

The birth of a child is usually a happy occasion, but for many doctors working in Pakistan the earthquake has resulted in premature births and emergency cesarean cases. Zahid Hussein reports...

Born in death zone, babies delivered during quake

2005-10-17T15:38+0200

MANSEHRA, Pakistan –– Delivering a baby at the moment Pakistan's earthquake struck, killing at least 40,000 people, Dr Nargis Jehan remembers the mother's screams and her own faintness as the ground tremored and chunks of concrete fell.

Quake aid resumes in Pakistan

2005-10-17T15:28+0200

Helicopter flights carrying aid to survivors of the earthquake in northern Pakistan have resumed as hampering weather conditions improved. But many are likely to die before help can reach them in the remnants of remote mountain villages cut off by landslides and buckled roads. "We saw rows of people in a really bad way with suppurating wounds.

Third consignment of IRCS humanitarian assistance to Pakistan

2005-10-17T15:22+0200

As the recent strong earthquake in Pakistan still claims more lives of a majority of people and left a large number of people nomad, in response to affected victims of this catastrophic disaster, the Iranian Red Crescent Society dispatched the third consignment of her relief items weighing 66,500 KG....

Czechs to send second medical rescue plane to Pakistan

2005-10-17T15:22+0200

Prague (dpa) - The Czech Republic will send a second emergency medical team with 12 tons of supplies to earthquake-ravaged Pakistan, the interior ministry said Monday. The decision to double the aid to victims of the October 8 quake came shortly after the first team of Czech doctors and rescuers set....

Malaysia to send medical team to set up hospital in Pakistan

2005-10-17T15:22+0200

Kuala Lumpur (dpa) - Malaysia said Monday it will send 40 medical specialists to help set up a field hospital for survivors of Pakistan's massive earthquake following a request from the Pakistan government. The team, which is due to depart for Pakistan on Wednesday, will be made up of specialists....

Indian relief train to leave for Pakistan

2005-10-17T15:22+0200

NEW DELHI, Oct 17, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- India Monday sent another train carrying a third consignment of relief material for the earthquake victims of Pakistan, according to Indo-Asian News Service. The train left from Shakur Basti, one of the smaller railway stations here at 3:00 p.m.

NATO delivers first aid to Pakistan

2005-10-17T15:22+0200

On 14 and 15 October, two NATO flights delivered several tons of much-needed supplies to earthquake stricken Pakistan The flights are part of a strategic air bridge to Pakistan set up by NATO on 11 October to move urgently required relief assets. Providing shelter On 14 October, a cargo aircraft....

QUAKE

2005-10-17T14:50+0200

QUAKE Improved weather has allowed the resumption of relief flights to areas of northern Pakistan and Kashmir which are still cut off as a result of the devastating earthquake. Two million people are thought to be homeless --and many are camped out in tents on hillsides. Latest estimates put the number of dead at more than 54-thousand.

Slovakia Sends Humanitarian-Aid Consignment to Pakistan

2005-10-17T14:47+0200

Bratislava, October 16 (TASR-SLOVAKIA) - A special plane belonging to the Slovak Interior Ministry, loaded with humanitarian aid for the areas of Pakistan affected by the recent devastating earthquake, took off from Bratislava airport on Sunday morning. The aid is made up of thermal-insulated tents, heaters, blankets, camp-beds, first-aid kits and medical equipment. The consignment - worth Sk6 million ...

Pakistan to Raise Quake Orphaned Generation

2005-10-17T14:28+0200

ISLAMABAD, October 17, 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Ten-year-old Saima Mehtab, her face badly bruised, sits forlorn in silence at a makeshift care center. She does not know yet she is one of the thousands of children Pakistan will have to care for after its massive earthquake.

Nature forces back terror

2005-10-17T14:16+0200

Pakistan quake relief resumes, more deaths feared

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12:41 Earthquake relief flights resume in Pakistan

2005-10-17T13:55+0200

A pause in the weather has allowed helicopter relief flights to resume across areas of Pakistan affected in last week's earthquake for which officials now estimate the death toll to be more than 54,000.

UN warns aid agencies to hasten efforts

2005-10-17T13:27+0200

UN warns aid agencies to hasten efforts By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad Published: October 13 2005 18:15 | Last updated: October 14 2005 10:09 The Pakistan government on Friday called off its official search for survivors a week after the devastating earthquake killed at least 25,000 people.

Pakistan: Merlin sets up field hospital in remote Kashmir valley

2005-10-17T13:22+0200

Merlin, the British medical aid agency, is setting up a field hospital in a remote valley in Kashmir to treat people injured in the recent earthquake which has claimed more than 50,000 lives. The hospital will be set up this week in the devastated Panj Kot valley, situated in Pakistan administered Kashmir.

Pakistani FM radio stations appeal for emergency broadcast licenses for disaster areas

2005-10-17T13:22+0200

The Association of Independent Radio ( AIR ) of Pakistan - the representative grouping of the country's licensed FM radio stations - have appealed for grant of emergency temporary broadcast licenses in the areas struck by the deadly October 8, 2005 earthquake that has killed an estimated 30,000....

EADRCC Situation Report No. 4 Earthquake - Pakistan

2005-10-17T13:22+0200

1. Situation update: 1.1 Many villages and towns in remote mountainous areas are completely destroyed. This has caused colossal loss of life and property. The number of casualties is estimated to be more than 23.000 and more than 50.000 need urgent medical attention. The number of displaced people without shelter may be up to 4 million.

DART to be deployed to Pakistan

2005-10-17T13:22+0200

Ottawa, Ontario - Prime Minister Paul Martin announced today that the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) will be deployed to the earthquake affected area of Pakistan. This decision follows an assessment and evaluation made by the team of experts from Foreign Affairs Canada, the Canadian International Development Agency and National Defence.

Tent cities being set up in Pakistan's earthquake zone

2005-10-17T13:22+0200

Islamabad (dpa) - Pakistan's government is to establish a tent city in the garrison town of Rawalpindi in the next couple of days to accommodate thousands of earthquake victims from northern Pakistan and Kashmir, a regional minister said Monday. "The city with 1,000 tents will accommodate thousands....

Pakistan struggles to cope with orphaned generation

2005-10-17T13:22+0200

by Rana Jawad ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (AFP) - Ten-year-old Saima Mehtab, her face badly bruised, sits forlorn in silence at a makeshift care center. She doesn't know yet she is one of the thousands of children Pakistan will have to care for after its massive earthquake.

Earthquake European Commission and UN Agencies Respond to Asian Earthquake, But Task is Overwhelming The earthquake struck at 08.52 local time on Saturday 8 October, the epicentre calculated to lie 95 km north-east of Islamabad in the high mountains of Pakistan. Measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale this is believed to be one of the largest earthquakes to hit the region for a hundred years. Latest reports are that some 40,000 people have died; the number of injured is unknown. Hundreds of thousands of people are homeless.

2005-10-17T12:35+0200

14/10/2005 European Commission and UN Agencies Respond to Asian Earthquake, But Task is Overwhelming The earthquake struck at 08.52 local time on Saturday 8 October, the epicentre calculated to lie 95 km north-east of Islamabad in the high mountains of Pakistan. Measuring 7.

Pakistan struggles to cope with orphaned generation

2005-10-17T11:55+0200

Pakistan struggles to cope with orphaned generation (AFP) 17 October 2005 ISLAMABAD - Ten-year-old Saima Mehtab, her face badly bruised, sits forlorn in silence at a makeshift care center. She doesn’t know yet she is one of the thousands of children Pakistan will have to care for after its massive earthquake.

Relief flights resume after crash

2005-10-17T11:44+0200

Help Not Reaching Remote Areas of Pakistan

2005-10-17T11:33+0200

Help Not Reaching Remote Areas of Pakistan Monday October 17, 2005 10:16 AM AP Photo XDY103 By TINI TRAN Associated Press Writer BALAKOT, Pakistan (AP) - A week after an earthquake ruined every home in the remote mountain village of Ghanool in northwest Pakistan, Malik Khan Zaman realized help was not coming.

President says Pakistan requires financial assistance in colossal task of rehabilitation

2005-10-17T11:22+0200

ISLAMABAD, Oct 15 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf Saturday said Pakistan requires massive financial assistance from the international community in carrying out rehabilitation and reconstruction in the earthquake-afflicted areas. “We require colossal finances for reconstruction efforts, we....

(MAP) Pakistan: South Asia earthquake - Population density

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Plassnik: "300,000 euros in reconstruction aid for Pakistan and Central America"

2005-10-17T11:22+0200

Ministry for Foreign Affairs earmarks 200,000 euros for reconstruction aid in Pakistan and 100,000 euros for reconstruction aid in the wake of hurricane "Stan" in Central America Vienna, 11 October 2005 - "After the devastating earthquake in Pakistan on 8 October, swift aid is urgently needed.

Aid workers battle "logistical nightmare" after Pakistan quake

2005-10-17T11:22+0200

by Deborah Pasmantier and Bryan Pearson MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 16 (AFP) - Aid workers searched for donkeys and mules Sunday as they struggled to reach destitute survivors of Pakistan's massive earthquake in the remote Himalayas where doctors warned thousands are about to die.

Wrapup 3 - Pakistan quake relief resumes, more deaths feared

2005-10-17T11:22+0200

By David Fox MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Vital helicopter flights carrying food, blankets and tents to untold numbers of survivors of the earthquake in northern Pakistan resumed on Monday as lashing rains which compounded their misery ended.

(MAP) Pakistan: Earthquake disaster overview - Affected population

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Pakistan: Helicopters back in air as Kashmir quake toll over 50,000

2005-10-17T11:22+0200

by Bryan Pearson and Deborah Pasmantier MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 17 (AFP) - Helicopters raced Monday to reach thousands of Pakistan's earthquake survivors desperate for food, tents and blankets in near freezing weather as an official said the death toll had soared past 50,000.

South Asia Earthquake Update 17 Oct 2005

2005-10-17T11:22+0200

Emergency Appeal for South Asia Earthquake - Pakistan and India Overview We need to get to tough places. The tasks we face are horrific and the number of casualties is expected to rise. This will be a "week of testing", more difficult than the first week. We have a potential second disaster is in the making.

EADRCC Situation Report No. 5 Earthquake - Pakistan

2005-10-17T11:22+0200

1. Situation update: 1.1 Many villages and towns in remote mountainous areas are completely destroyed. This has caused colossal loss of life and property. The death toll of 15 Oct was 38.000, and more than 65.000 need urgent medical attention. An estimated 3.3 million people have lost their homes. 1.

(MAP) Pakistan: Earthquake disaster - Situation overview map (as of 16 October)

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THE HEADLINES AT 8AM ON MONDAY 17TH OCTOBER

2005-10-17T11:20+0200

THE HEADLINES AT 8AM ON MONDAY 17TH OCTOBER British scientists are to travel to Asia -- as part of international efforts to prevent the spread of bird flu. Helicopters are making new attempts to reach communities cut off by the earthquake in Pakistan. Conservative MPs have a final chance to question....

PAKISTAN-130

2005-10-17T11:20+0200

PAKISTAN-130 The number of people who died in the earthquake which devastated south Asia nine days ago has risen to more than fifty four thousand. The Prime Minister of Pakistan-administered Kashmir said at least forty thousand had died in the region alone.

CzechRep sending another special plane with aid for Pakistan

2005-10-17T11:18+0200

The group will partly replace and partly reinforce a 23- member Czech medical team that has been operating in the areas hit by a devastating earthquake on October 8 for several days. The reinforced medical team will remain in the town of Ravalkot in northern Pakistan for another fortnight.

Earthquake Death Toll Soars Past 53,000

2005-10-17T10:31+0200

Earthquake Death Toll Soars Past 53,000 The death toll after the Pakistan earthquake has soared past 53,000. The total was announced after soldiers rescued a young girl, who had been trapped by rubble for eight days. Despite this, hopes of finding other survivors have all but disappeared.

Eyewitness account from Muzaffarabad

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Helicopters resume quake relief after day lost to bad weather

2005-10-17T10:25+0200

Helicopters resume quake relief after day lost to bad weather (AFP) 17 October 2005 MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Helicopters resumed relief operations Monday to stranded and desperate earthquake survivors in the snow-dusted mountains of Pakistani Kashmir after a full day lost to bad weather.

Condemned Pakistan prisoners escape quake and noose

2005-10-17T10:25+0200

Condemned Pakistan prisoners escape quake and noose (Reuters) 17 October 2005 MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Dozens of hardened criminals awaiting execution in Pakistan escaped during the deadly South Asian earthquake earlier this month. Local people and officials say at least 15 prisoners were killed and....

Quake Death Toll Soars Past 53,000

2005-10-17T10:15+0200

The death toll after the Pakistan earthquake has soared past 53,000. The total was announced after soldiers rescued a young girl, who had been trapped by rubble for eight days. Despite this, hopes of finding other survivors have all but disappeared. The number of deaths may well continue to rise, as severe weather hampers the relief effort.

Flights resume as rain lifts

2005-10-17T09:59+0200

HELICOPTERS raced to reach thousands of Pakistan's earthquake survivors desperate for food, tents and blankets in near freezing weather as an official said the death toll had soared past 54,000.

Australian tents sent to quake zone

2005-10-17T09:59+0200

THE last of 1,000 tents bought by Australians for those left homeless by the recent Asian earthquake are on their way to Pakistan.

Helicopters resume quake relief after day lost to bad weather

2005-10-17T09:59+0200

Helicopters resume quake relief after day lost to bad weather 17 October 2005 MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 17 (AFP) - Helicopters resumed relief operations Monday to stranded and desperate earthquake survivors in the snow-dusted mountains of Pakistani Kashmir after a full day lost to bad weather.

5.20pm Australian tents sent to quake zone

2005-10-17T09:37+0200

Australian tents sent to quake zone October 17, 2005 THE last of 1,000 tents bought by Australians for those left homeless by the recent Asian earthquake are on their way to Pakistan. The tents, supplied by a Brisbane company and bought by residents of south-east Queensland and northern New South....

Flights resume as rain lifts

2005-10-17T09:37+0200

17:30 (AEST) HELICOPTERS raced to reach thousands of Pakistan's earthquake survivors desperate for food, tents and blankets in near freezing weather as an official said the death toll had soared past 54,000.

Pakistan quake relief resumes, more deaths feared

2005-10-17T09:28+0200

By David Fox MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Vital helicopter flights carrying food, blankets and tents to untold numbers of survivors of the earthquake in northern Pakistan resumed on Monday as lashing rains which compounded their misery ended. But many are likely to die before help can reach....