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 country, The Daily Mail's entire reporting team and its network of correspondents and Bureaus were given the tasks by the Editor-in-Chief directly. They were directed to go to the field and conducted on spot reporting and also to take part in the relief work. While the head office's reporting team, led by the Chief himself was engaged in Islamabad, the correspondents were advised to reach the remote areas of their locality and to reach to maximum possible quake affected areas so that the readers can be provided with the maximum possible coverage about the situation and the problems of the victims and rescuers can be highlighted.
Mr. Zulfiqar Ahmad, senior reporter got injured when he was engaged in professional duties at collapsed Margalla Towers and was also helping the rescuers.  Mr. Zulfiqar received an arm injury while he was trying to have a closer look at the debris so that he can report the actual situation for the valued readers. He was released from the hospital after receiving medical aid. Similarly Mr. Jehangir (Staff Photographer) received a head injury while he trying to get a wide angle shot from his camera to give valued readers a better photograph to update them about the situation. Mr. Ajmal Khan, our Abbotabad based correspondent is still missing in action as he informed the head office that he was heading for Mansehra and Garhi Habib Ullah, remote areas of NWFP where thousands of affected were reported trapped. He filed his last dispatch on Saturday afternoon after which there is no contact with him. Sardar Salim Khan, our Muszaffarabad Bureau Chief also got injured while he was covering the rescue operation in affected areas of Kashmir. On the other hand, The Daily Mail's Muzaffarabad bureau was wiped away fortunately, nobody was present at the office at that time.
The Daily Mail salute all its brave professionals who dare not to resist to perform in the line of duty, whatever the circumstances are. The Daily Mail is also proud of its such professionals, who with such an utmost professionalism and commitment to the cause of journalism are keeping the name of the profession as well as organization high. No doubt that such professionals are the reason behind the ability of The Daily Mail to give the best and the different to its readers.
—Editor