Pakistan Earthquake 2005

Covering the earthquake, the damage and the relief work in Pakistan.

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Archive for April, 2006

Balakot to be relocated

Pakistan is to rebuild the city of Balakot in a completely new location after it was razed by last year’s Kashmir earthquake.

The city, home to 300,000 people before the quake, will be rebuilt in a safer location to modern design standards.

Pakistan also announced that it will shift focus from relief efforts to begin the rebuilding of devastated towns and villages on 7 April.

More than 73,000 people died and three million lost homes in the earthquake.

Balakot is currently located on a major geological fault line about 200km (120 miles) north of the country’s capital, Islamabad.

Amir Khan to visit earthquake survivor camp

British boxer Amir Khan will try to play his part in supporting this week the millions of survivors of last year’s devastating earthquake that struck several parts of Pakistan when he visits a camp of displaced people on the Pakistani side of Kashmir.

The 2004 Olympic silver medallist will visit residents of a camp near the city of Muzaffarabad on 6th April, the same place he visited on an earlier trip last December.

Insurance Companies received 15 claims against quake damage

Insurance companies in Islamabad have so far received 15 claims against damage caused by the October 8 earthquake to residential buildings, sources told Daily Times.

“About 15 or 16 insurance claims have been received in Islamabad,” said the general manger of a leading insurance firm on condition of anonymity.

The quake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale hit Pakistan on October 8, causing widespread damage. Its epicentre was located 100 kilometres north of Islamabad. According to sources in the insurance industry, each claim varies between Rs 200,000 to Rs 500,000 – depending on the intensity of the damage to the buildings mentioned in the claims.