Aftermath
Return of quake survivors from tent villages begins
The
Reports reaching from the quake-affected areas say people in camps at various localities were seen packing their belongings and heading towards their native villages in line with the NWFP government’s decision of closing all camps by March 31. The repatriation would be completed in three phases.
Over a hundred families, according to reports, left for their villages located on the hilltops on the first day of starting the process from a government camp in main Battagram.
Mobile banks to function in quake-hit areas
The ministry of finance and commercial banks have agreed that
No fee or charge would be realized from affectees for opening and operating accounts. The condition of maintaining minimum balance will also not apply to the accounts of earthquake affectees in AJK and the NWFP.
Monsoon a new threat to quake survivors
The approaching monsoon season poses new dangers of flooding for
The huge pile of earth and boul ders has blocked two streams, forming dams that could collapse in a rainy season. The government has determined that the dam collapse would inundate Hattian Bala and destroy a nearby bridge, Lt Col Zulfiqar Ali Janjua, an army engineer, said.
Kingsley to appear in Pakistan earthquake documentary
The documentary by director
Kingsley, who spent five days in the Pakistan-controlled portion of Kashmir, told reporters in Islamabad on Wednesday that he would like to eliminate the phrase, “We must respect our differences,” from the “lazy vocabulary of political rhetoric.”
Earthquake survivor Siamese twins died
Conjoined female twins born to a 9 October
The twins were joined from chest to abdomen at the rib cage and shared a heart and liver.
Their mother, Shazia, gave birth to triplets on Saturday. A boy, born with the twins, is reported to be well.
Shazia and her husband had walked for hours from their quake-hit village to a hospital in Neelum valley on Friday.
The couple were then flown in an army helicopter to a hospital in the capital of Pakistan-administered
Photos from Quake Zone
Poster in Balakot: How to stop lung diseases
Still smiling
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Last year,
Shahidul visited the provinces that bore the brunt of the destruction and loss of life, Azad Jammu and
Urgent action urged on Pakistan landslide threat
Landslides present a substantial threat to survivors of last October’s catastrophic earthquake in
Professor David Petley of the International Landslide Center at Britain’s University of
In a joint report made available on Monday, they said that while the response of Pakistani and international relief agencies to the October 8 quake had been remarkable, landslides posed a “substantial threat” to survivors.