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The DM Muzaffarabad Bureau wiped out
3 Daily Mail staffers hurt, one missing in the line of duty

ISLAMABAD — Where the earthquake has caused large scale devastations there The Daily Mail is also one of its victims. Three of the Daily Mail staffers were injured and one still missing in the line of duty while our Muzaffarabad Bureau has been eliminated from planet earth. According to the details, soon after the earthquake hit the >> >>
 

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Devastation keeps spreading amidst obstacles packed rescue operation
Hopeless souls await helpless rescuers - Death toll reaches 20,000 - Many more causalities expected -Thousands still buried under mud, rubbles - Rescuers trying to access the inaccessible victims - High hopes in  Chinese R & R experts - President seeks international aid of choppers, blankets, medicines, tents
By Makhdoom Babar/Correspondents/Agencies

ISLAMABAD—The devastation caused by the Saturday's Earthquake continues to spread as hopeless souls, trapped under mud or debris still await their helpless rescuers in different parts of Kashmir and NWFP. While the entire focus of the international media and relief workers remained on Islamabad's collapsed building that was actually just the tip of the iceberg, thousands are still trapped and  >> >>


 

Disaster could claim over 25,000 lives,
says Govt
Cabinet decides to expedite relief operation - Premier increases relief package to Rs 5bn
By Uzma Zafar

ISLAMABAD—Frantic rescue efforts continue as the death toll of Pakistan’s massive earthquake tops 19,000. There are reports the number of death toll could pass 25,000. Interior Minister, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao had said the country’s death toll was 19,136 — 17,388 of them in Jammu Kashmir — and 42,397 were injured. The worst-hit city was Pakistani Kashmir’s capital, Muzaffarabad, >> >>

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