PESHAWAR: The Chitral Scouts stopped members of the Dawn Relief Earthquake Welfare Organisation, also known simply as Dawn Relief, from entering the calamity-hit area of Churan Oveer over the...
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Chitral quake survivors recover from trauma through online clinics
Telepsychiatry sessions between doctors in Karachi and villagers in the north mean distance is no issue. Hadi Usmani In March 2015, floods ravaged the small village of Charun Oveer, tucked way beside...
After floods and quakes, the residents of Chitral brave a winter of discontent
This winter has found the residents of Chitral unsettled, after the unlucky vale was ravaged by not one but two natural calamities in 2015; floods and earthquakes. The damage could have been far...
Centre yet to compensate KP earthquake victims
PESHAWAR: Seventeen days have passed since a devastating earthquake wrecked havoc in northern parts of the country, the federal government has yet to release funds to compensate the affected...
Snowfall, rains bring more trouble to Dir quake victims
TIMERGARA: Chilly weather following snowfall on hilltops and rain in plain areas on Tuesday multiplied miseries of the quake-affected people living in tents or in hujras of their relatives in Dir. An...
In numbing cold, Chitral's homeless sleep amidst rubble
The nights are bone chillingly cold in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Chitral district — especially for those who have to sleep out in the open because their houses were destroyed in the aftermath of the...
Five more spells of rain, snowfall forecast
LAHORE: Five more spells of rain and snowfall — three over upper parts of the country and two over Balochistan — are expected this month, heralding the onset of early winter and causing more problems...
Shelterless people brace for snowfall, rain in quake-hit areas
PESHAWAR: With temperatures dropping since the onset of winter in northern districts of Malakand division, elderly Siraj does not know how he and his family will cope with snowfall and downpour. ...
Relief yet to reach quake victims in Torghar
MANSEHRA: Emergency relief such as blankets, tents and medicines have not yet reached the affected people of Kunder Hassanzai tehsil of Torghar after the Oct 26 earthquake. “The affected families in...
Implementation of earthquake relief package started, says Nawaz
SLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that the implementation of the relief package announced by him has started, stated a report from Radio Pakistan. The relief package will provide...
Quake survivors endure crippling cold in the open
ZULFIQAR ALI PESHAWAR: As civil and military leaders toured northern parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday to assess the destruction caused by the deadly earthquake and to assure the affected people...
Quake toll reaches 267, Nawaz announces relief package
ISLAMABAD: The death toll from the earthquake, that shook northern parts of Pakistan on Monday, has risen to 267 while 1,856 are reported injured across the country. The National Disaster Management...
Rescue, relief work yet to begin in remote Malakand areas
FAZAL KHALIQ MINGORA/SHANGLA: The rescue and relief work has yet to begin in remote areas of earthquake-ravaged Malakand division forcing the people to remove debris of houses and clear roads on...
Quake leaves 813 schools damaged in nine KP districts
MOHAMMAD ASHFAQ PESHAWAR: Showing the severity of devastation caused by the Monday’s earthquake, the initial assessment made by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Department reveals that around 813...
Over 200 dead as 7.5 magnitude earthquake jolts Pakistan
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck major cities of Pakistan, including the northern areas on Monday, leaving at least 200 dead and more than 1,000 injured due to building collapses, landslides,...