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Sleeping pills please !! Failed to get food and aid, some victims of October-8 earthquake ask for tranquilizers to have sleep before another hectic day in search of aid
'Favouritism' in aid ditribution victims allege nepotism and cronyism in distribution of aid goods being carried out mostly by armymen
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Natural calamity: Curse or trial? some people in quake-hit Balakot term the calamity a curse because of the shenanigans of local tourism industry while others think it a trial of the Almighty's loved-ones
Children made to wait endlessly for Musharraf Nearly a month after the deadly earthquake it was eid, children of Balakot were told that President Gen Musharraf would come to greet them
Also see A gloomy Eid after the calamity
Marriage on the ruins Ibrar (26) weds his cousin Riffat (18) in what is billed as the first marriage ceremony after October-8 earthquake in the devastated areas
Willys among the victims The colourful vintage jeeps which were serving the tourists for decades have also been destroyed on a large-scale in the earthquake
Quake-proof school on graves Children who survived the deadly quake would soon have new school building consisting steel and insulated material alongside the graves of their mates perished on October-8
Construct life not merely concrete A Brit aid worker John Lane stresses victims' participation in rebuilding of the quake-ravaged areas to kindle desire for life
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