RAWALPINDI: As the nation’s relief effort for the victims of Saturday’s [Dec 28] killer earthquake got into top gear today [Jan 1] the death toll rose to 5,100 as reports trickled in from remote areas. … Relief supplies being collected at Abbottabad, Bisham and Rawalpindi, were airlifted to Pattan by … Army helicopters which keep shuttling from dawn to dusk.
Work has started to clear the road blocks caused by landslides on the Karakoram Highway. People all over the country are donating in cash and kind for the victims… . The world community has also … reacted to Prime Minister Bhutto’s appeal for assistance. Messages of sympathy are also being received by the President and Prime Minister from Heads of State and Government of various countries. …
Helicopters shuttled between Rawalpindi and … Bisham … and between Bisham and Pattan … with relief goods including tents, blankets, medicines and foodstuffs. Military engineers have stepped up efforts to restore road communications between Bisham and Pattan. … The road repair work on the Karakorum Highway is in progress at top speed. … The traffic between Gilgit and Bisham is closed as the road is badly damaged. — News agencies
Published in Dawn, January 2nd, 2025
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