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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49239)	10/11/2005 6:18:15 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Death toll in the disastrous earthquake that had struck Azad Kashmir, Frontier province and Punjab is likely to go beyond 40,000 marks, while the much needed relief works in some of the devastated areas could not yet been taken up. The nightmare and the huge tragedy that visited these ruined and ravaged vast areas of hills and dales and the plane lands with no exceptions and with equal severity could hardly be described as words fail to depict the real scene of that doomsday, which had befallen on the people of those areas at large--- at every step, in every street, in each village and in all the cities there was a new and all the more pensive story piercing iron in the soul. The enchanting streets of Azad Kashmir that used to captivate the visitors here from all over the world now lying desolate and deserted—that aroma of the sweetness in life lost into the wind—that serenity enlivening the soul no more exist instead alas, it is the heartrending stories of death and destructions that echoes and prevail everywhere. The decaying corpses still lying buried underneath the debris has polluted the environment and posing a threat to those also who somehow fortunately escaped the apocalypse. The question as to when these bodies would be taken out of the rubbles still remains unanswered. There is none to give a positive reply. Meanwhile, the helpless people kept waiting for the help. Muzaffarabad Assistant Commissioner, Masudur Rahman told that all the government buildings and educational institutions in the city have been razed to the ground and 11,000 dead thus far has been confirmed in Azad Kashmir alone, while with every passing day the figure jumps up by several hundreds. Hazara division in Frontier province stands most affected, where accessibility to Abbotabad, Mansehra and far-flung areas of Battgram district could not have been made possible as yet. The people rendered homeless here have been forced to shiver-away their cold nights in the open sky. Hundreds of students both boys and girls are still lying under the debris. Several modern villages of Mansehra have been totally leveled to the ground. Roads in Battgram are still blocked after the land sliding, which has made the relief goods reaching here difficult. Food items have been dropped through helicopters in several areas of Mansehra. It is not possible to assess the loss of life and property accurately at this juncture. However, the life stands totally paralyzed and traumatized due to non-availability of food, water, electricity and roads—nothing in fact is left over there for bare subsistence expect the flickering hopes in helpless gazing eyes waiting for the help and succour to come and if the messiah carrying aid remained on the way for long, then these waning light in the eyes may die down for ever.