PESHAWAR: Rescuers in Pakistan braved tough terrain to deliver aid to people living in Taliban insurgency- hit areas like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that have been rocked by the powerful 7.5 magnitude quake as the death toll in the disaster rose to 250 with over 1,600 injured.
The death toll in the quake — the strongest in 10 years — in Pakistan has now risen to 250 from the earlier figure of 228 which included 214 dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), 5 in Punjab, and 9 in PoK, local media reports said.
KP and FATA were most seriously affected as the powerful earthquake rocked Pakistan and the region yesterday causing at least 250 deaths, Geo News reported.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said at least 1,620 people have been injured across Pakistan.
“Till this morning, 185 people have died and 1,456 including women and children sustained injures in KP as several are in critical condition,” said an official of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).
He said PDMA has constituted seven teams to visit the affected districts for rapid need assessment and to supervise relief activities on grounds.
Over 2,000 tents, blankets and floor mats have been dispatched to the affected districts besides 1,000 food packets for the worst-affected Chitral district.
The official said Chitral, Swat, Shangla, Dir Upper and Lower and Toarghar districts are the most affected districts where infrastructure and houses were damaged on a large scale. (AGENCIES)
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