LATEST PLANNING FIGURES

(based on government/humanitarian consultations)

Populations affected: 3.2-3.5million (500,000 families)

Casualties: 58,000

Injured: 79,000

Houses: 70% destroyed, 30% damaged

No. shelters required: 480,000

No. of food insecure: 2.3 million

No. needing med.care: 3.2 -3.5 million

No. children needing school support: 960,000

No. requiring watsan support: 3.2 - 3.5 million

SITUATION OVERVIEW

1. The homeless estimates go as

On arriving in Pakistantoday, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, said that every effort must be made to enable victims of the earthquake to remain in or close to their villages over the winter. During his stay, Mr Kellenberger will meet with Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, and visit ICRC operations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

"It is crucial to provide people with food and shelter so that they can survive the winter

Speaking in the National Assembly, Aziz said such fears were unfounded. A team of NATO engineers and doctors is assisting in relief and reconstruction efforts in areas affected by the October 8 earthquake.

''Pakistan is a sovereign nation and the presence of 1,000 (NATO) men can not pose any security threat to the country,'' Aziz said, expressing his gratitude to NATO for supporting relief efforts.

Today the President visited the ICRC logistics hub at Abbotabad. He then flew to Gujar Bandi in Jhelum valley

"A tent, sometimes even a blanket, can mean the difference between life and death," said Farhana Faruqi Stocker, Oxfam's country program manager for Pakistan.

So far, Oxfam and its local partners have been able to distribute 4,000 tents-enough to provide shelter for 40,000 people. In addition, the agency has handed out 20,000 blankets,

As we drove slowly over the road hewn by hand from the rocky cliffs, we could see the glint of the metal sheeting

The first part of the Dutch donation, which includes 500 10-person arch tents, 500 heaters, 500 mattresses, 5,000 blankets and 120 stretchers, arrived on a giant Antonov cargo plane at Islamabad's Chaklala airbase on Saturday night. A second Antonov flight carrying the rest of the items is expected today.

The consignment will then be taken to

MUZAFFARABAD, 1 November (IRIN) - Carried on foot by his brother for three days from Batnara, a tiny village located in quake-affected Neelum valley, it's unclear whether Ali Riza, two, will get the medical assistance he needs in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Suffering from a severe form of diarrhoea, he may well die unless he gets immediate medical attention.

"We have no facilities and our village has been destroyed," his older brother said, visibly exhausted by