Special report

South Asia Earthquake

ASIAN News gives you all the latest local stories in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that hit Pakistan and India and the Kashmir regions ...

 

'There was nothing left in this city'

SHELINA Begum sees at first-hand the devastation in Kashmir caused by the earthquake ...

Heartbreaking tales from Tent City

TENT City in Pakistan's capital is one of many that have become the home for thousands of victims.

 

Nurse Jo takes minister to task

WALKDEN nurse Jo Grimshaw challenged the Minister of Health, Naseer Khan to visit the PIMS (Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences) hospital to see for himself the state the hospital was in.

Red tape hampers aid mission

SHELINA Begum reports on the frustration of trying to cut through bureaucracy and red tape in order to get local aid to earthquake-hit areas ...

 

Army relief effort 'successful'

THE Pakistan army general major Jamil Ali Haider made an appeal for more tents during a specially organised meeting with the officer at the army base in Chaklala.

Our nurses bring smiles back to faces of earthquake victims

SHELINA Begum's latest report from earthquake-stricken Pakistan ...

 

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