On the flip side.. stories from Paks' frontline soldiers...

Picked this story up from the Lahore Metroblog, gives us another perspective of whats happening on the ground, from the perspective of the Pakistani Armed forces involved in the Releif operations... Read On.....

Sardars.. (big boss) Bullshit...

Total Bullshit.. none of the Asian TV channels have covered what is really happening on the ground.. This is the second report I have seen describing people haempering the aid / relief operations. The other one was here. This total B.S man....

Releif Map

Found this on google earth:

Pakistan Earthquake Overview - 14 Oct, 1300

Adapted from map by MapAction.org, working in conjunction with the UN Emergency Response Center. See past and future situation maps here.

"Map produced by Map Action in support of the UNDAC team. The boundaries and names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance.
www.mapaction.org - mapaction.fieldbase@gmail.com"

KML by montana_morrison

From above the Neelum Valley..

A vivid description from above the Neelum Valley, from an article in The Guardian.

Satellite Imagery

Saw this on the Google Earth Keyhole BBS: links to images of the earthquake affected areas in pakistan..

Also the International Charter of Space and major Disasters has some images as well.

News from the front lines..

Came across this site.. seems to have more up to date news, about the daily relief efforts in pakistan. These guys are the Ayub Medical College : http://ayubians.com/relief/modules/news/ . Also they have a video clip. Just watching and listening to this raw video clip ( http://www.amcrelief.com/videos/choper_at_amc.wmv ) , gives a very small but important insight, of what the volunteers are up against.. As mainstream media can't get this across.. on their news bulletins...

The untold stories..Its easy to criticise...

Saw this post over at BBC News:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4346778.stm


It is easy to criticise, but one must remember so much goe son behiond the scenes,, that is not reported.. this is one example..

Alah Hafiz
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Pakistan Earthquake, A week on, A view from a British Pakistani, in the UK...

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1st Map:
This is an overview, showing the location of the earthquake epicentre, in relation to the country boundaries.

2nd Map:
This shows the towns, villages, hamlets, didentified and named in and around the epicentre. Approx 4000 place names.
(Source: Google Earth)

3rd Map:
This gives an idea of how mountainous the region is.
(Source: Google Earth)

(source: Google Earth)
The overlays provided for the images above are from the Kehole community BBS.. The earth images are from Google Earth.


The Scene in Pakistan is really bad.. Worse than what is being reported on the TV…
The story has lamost dropped off the radar, on mainstream british media..
Asian channels on SKY TV still covering it,, they are still running the telethons..

I think asian TV news channels should be sending reporters on the ground to give us the latest info...


for some latest photos from the area:
http://flickr.com/photos/tags/earthquake

latest news blog site:
http://www.pakquake.com/


Biggest problem, is logistics to distribute relief and lack of surgeons and surgical euipment lack of tents and blankets, still need more….

If youre origin is from the affected areas, then I hope all your families are well..

Some blog stories I have read on the net that send shivers down my spine:
+ Not enough kaffan to bury the dead
+ One team of surgeons are doing about 100 operations a day with only a couple of hours sleep at night.
+ We have a new generation of disabled people, as so many amputations have been carried out..


The aftershocks still have not stopped… all we can do is pray...

Allah Hafiz,

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