ISLAMABAD, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- The powerful earthquake occurred on
Wednesday in southwestern Pakistan has killed more than 200 people and caused
scores of injures, local television reported on Thursday.
The death toll is expected to rise as many bodies may be buried under
rubbles when the calamity leveled about 2,000 mud-walled houses in northern part
of Balochistan province on Wednesday.
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Survivors receive medical treatment in
the worst-hit Ziarat area in southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province,
Oct. 29, 2008. At least 200 people died as an earthquake hit southwestern
Pakistan's Balochistan province early Wednesday morning.(Xinhua
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The epicenter of earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter scale was in the
scenic tourist spot Ziarat district, about 60 km north of Balochistan's capital
Quetta.
The earthquake also left 15,000 homeless.
Ziarat and Pishin districts were the worst-hit areas, said National
Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Farooq Ahmed Khan at a press
conference on Wednesday evening.
The government was undertaking the needed rescue efforts, and mobilizing
essential goods, including tents, blankets, medicines and warm clothes to the
affected area, said Farooq.
Two C-130 planes had already delivered relief goods and more assistance was
on way, and the Pakistan army had sent 300 paramilitary forces to Ziarat and 100
to Pishin.
Local television showed that the local people, wrapped up with blankets,
spent chilly night amid ensuing aftershocks.
As many as 20 aftershocks, with the biggest of 6.2 magnitude, had been
recorded after the major earthquake and the meteorological departments warned
that more aftershocks were expected in a week.
Quake rocks SW Pakistan, at least 100
killed
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 100 people were
killed as an earthquake hit southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province early
Wednesday morning, private DAWN NEWS TV channel reported.
Many others were also injured and more than 500
houses damaged in the worst-hit Ziarat area, said the report. Full story
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