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Abbottabad

A 7.6 earthquake hit the Pakistan-India border region on the 8th of October, 2005. Recent news articles mentioning Abbottabad .

DFID CHAD OT Situation Report No. 30 - South Asia earthquake Dec 2, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), Worst affected districts are Muzaffarabad (epicentre), Mansehra and parts of Bagh. Abbottabad is the least affected district by the earthquake. ...

Caritas Steps Up Efforts to Meet Urgent Needs of Quake Victims in ... Dec 2, 2005
Reuters AlertNet, ...food kits in 79 villages throughout the districts of Abbottabad, Mansehra, and ... disease and tetanus-related deaths have been reported among earthquake survivors ...

ACT Dateline: Earthquake provides lessons for aid agency as relief ... Nov 30, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), A few teachers are reportedly hospitalized in nearby Abbottabad, but she's been so busy helping homeless ... "We've been devastated by the earthquake, but there is ...

Pakistan: Hospitals in quake-hit areas confirm outbreak of ... Dec 1, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), Abid Husain Chohan, a volunteer doctor based in Abbottabad, said: "We received three children below five who had ... "Prior to October 8 earthquake, these mountain ...

Earthquake survivors continue to be found in Pakistan's mountains Nov 30, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...sheets that have reached 43,000 people in Mansehra, Abbottabad, Shangla, Muzaffarabad ... to provide a further $50 million to help Pakistan earthquake victims and ...

Pakistan: Concert at Royal Albert Hall to raise money for quake ... Dec 1, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), Sophia Hyatt who became the focus of the media on the occasion told APP her she was from Abbottabad. She had also lost 17 relatives in the earthquake, she said ...

Justice System in Ruins in Pakistan Quake Area Nov 27, 2005
Los Angeles Times, ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan — Aamir Nazir knows it has never been easy to dispense ... After last month's magnitude 7.6 earthquake that killed more than 87,000 people ...

8 more die as quake death toll spiraling amid chilling weather Nov 29, 2005
Online - International News Network, Eight people including five children died Tuesday of harsh chilly weather in the vicinity of Abbottabad as the October 8 devastated earthquake paved way for ...

Amid the chaos, doctors strive to heal the wounded Nov 23, 2005
Independent, ...crushed beneath a concrete beam torn from the roof by the earthquake in Pakistan ... When he was taken to hospital in Abbottabad, doctors amputated two fingers and ...

Quake hits parts of Pakistan, Kashmir Nov 21, 2005
Islamic Republic News Agency, Department told IRNA that the tremor hit Islamabad, Peshawar, Abbottabad and some ... The epicenter of the earthquake, he added, as some 200 kilometers away in the ...

3 children hurt in tent village fire Nov 23, 2005
Daily Times, ...cheques among the quake-affected people in Mansehra, Battagram, Abbottabad, Kohistan and ... billion had been paid to the families of the earthquake victims and Rs ...

Rain, snow predicted in quake-hit areas in 48 hrs Nov 25, 2005
Online - International News Network, ...thunderstorm with snow over high mountains likely in earthquake affected areas including Muzaffarabad, Rawlakot, Bagh, Chikothi, Abbottabad, Balakot, Mansehra ...

Shangla, Battagram residents shocked by fresh quake Nov 21, 2005
Ispoline, The earthquake was also strongly felt in Mansehra, Kohistan and Abbottabad, which along with Shangla and Battagram were the five districts in NWFP that were ...

Pakistan earthquake: Medical volunteers treating victims Nov 8, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), Currently staying in Abbottabad, they leave for clinic sites at 7:30am and ... a semi-permanent housing project in the Kaghan Valley, at the earthquake's epicenter ...

ICRC – Bulletin No. 23 - South Asia earthquake Nov 18, 2005
Reuters AlertNet, ...tonnes of goods, in particular from Islamabad and Peshawar, to Abbottabad, Balakot, Batagram ... FINANCE To respond to the needs of the earthquake victims, the ICRC ...

Amputees figure could reach to 1000 in various hospitals Nov 19, 2005
Pakistan Link, ...there are 466 cases of paraplegic and spinal injuries since October 8 earthquake. ... Sciences Muzaffarabad 12 (M-5, F-7), Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad, 70 (M ...

Illiteracy Hampers Aid To Women Injured By Earthquake Nov 12, 2005
Bernama, ...him of the pain and injuries she is suffering from since the earthquake struck on ... she would have to get out of this place -- maybe to Abbottabad or elsewhere ...

Earthquake toll pushes Pakistani doctors to their limits Nov 8, 2005
Seattle Times, ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan — The first victim arrived at the regional Ayub Medical Complex ... soon after the ground stopped shaking from the 7.6-magnitude earthquake. ...

Mild earthquake in Muzaffarabad Nov 7, 2005
Daily Times, ...rain and thunderstorm with snow was forecast in all earthquake-affected areas, including Muzaffarabad, Rawlakot, Bagh, Chikothi, Abbottabad, Balakot, Mansehra ...

5.5 aftershock jolts NWFP, Islamabad Nov 21, 2005
Daily Times, ...measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted Peshawar, Abbottabad, Islamabad, Mansehra and ... on the magnitude of the disaster caused by the October 8 earthquake. ...

Ordinary Pakistanis eager to aid earthquake survivors Nov 15, 2005
Seattle Times, In these valleys near the epicenter of Pakistan's earthquake, industrialist Nauman Wazir ... Tanveer Afzel's tent in Abbottabad, near the quake's epicenter, sees a ...

Rain, snow likely in quake-hit areas tomorrow Nov 24, 2005
Daily Times, ...snowfall followed by a cold wave in the earthquake-hit areas ... snowfall over mountains in Muzaffarabad, Rawalakot, Bagh, Chakothi, Abbottabad, Balakot, Mansehra ...

Rain, snow halt relief flights Nov 27, 2005
Pakistan Dawn, Nov 27: Rains and winter’s first snowfall hit the earthquake-devastated areas ... Rawalakot, Bagh and Chakothi in Azad Kashmir and Abbottabad, Balakot, Mansehra ...

Pakistan 2005 earthquake: Preliminary damage and needs assessment Nov 13, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), To arrive at an overall cost of the earthquake which would include ... members visited the eight most heavily affected districts of Abbottabad, Batagram, Kohistan ...

Expanding help to more child survivors of earthquake in northern ... Nov 3, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...distributing food to 187,000 earthquake survivors -- many of whom are children -- in the North-West Frontier Province districts of Abbottabad, Batagram and ...

Pakistan: Delivery of 3000 tents in Abbottabad distt to start ... Nov 7, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ABBOTTABAD, Nov 6 (APP): Delivery of 3000 tents in Abbottabad district quake ... the minister said, early delivery of tents to the earthquake affected people in ...

South Asia: Earthquake Appeal No. 05EA022 Operations Update No. 11 Nov 9, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), The Red Cross Red Crescent multi-national field hospital in Abbottabad has maintained a ... An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter scale, centered 95 ...

WFP distributes 15000 metric tonns food Nov 23, 2005
Kashar News, ...provided fifteen thousand metric tonnes food items to the earthquake affected people ... has set up special camps for this purpose in Abbottabad, Mansehra, Chattar ...

FIA to investigate people trafficking in quake areas Nov 14, 2005
Daily Times, ...surgeons, medicines and equipment are urgently needed for earthquake survivors to ... reconstructive surgery patients weekly, free of charge in Abbottabad, out of ...

NZ Red Cross team depart for Pakistan Nov 14, 2005
Scoop.co.nz (press release), ...“These medical staff – all trained nurses – will be stationed at Abbottabad, where a multinational Red Cross hospital is treating earthquake victims and ...

Kelantanese mum, family survive quake Nov 12, 2005
New Straits Times, Baru, explained that her house in Tamai village was destroyed in the earthquake, the worst ... "We are now living in a temporary shelter in Abbottabad," she said. ...

Oxfam to support 640,000 survivors Nov 24, 2005
Pakistan Link, The organization’s response to the South Asia earthquake is rapidly ... more than 43,000 people in the districts of Mansehra, Abbottabad, Shangla, Muzaffarabad ...

MQM to continue relief work in AJK Nov 10, 2005
Daily Times, ...village in Abbottabad: The Khaksar Tehrik will set up “Allama Al-Mashraqi Tent Village� for 500 families of earthquake survivors at Abbottabad, APP quoted ...

As winter looms, quake victims resist evacuation Nov 6, 2005
Seattle Times, They flagged down a van that drove them three hours to Abbottabad, where they ... Making matters even more desperate, the earthquake killed one of his cows and a ...

Troubles far from over for quake survivors living in tents Nov 7, 2005
Daily Times, ...to the earthquake. “We should seek forgiveness from God for our wrongdoings,� he said. A banner of the Imamia Students Organisation, Abbottabad reads ...

Pakistani Nation celebrates Eid with solemnity, simplicity Nov 5, 2005
Pakistan Link, Abbottabad, Murree, Mangla, Jhelum, Kharian, Gujranwala, Sialkot and Lahore. Later, General Ahsan Saleem Hyat visited Nauseri and Chakoti the earthquake areas ...

Solemnity marks Eidul Fitr today Nov 3, 2005
Pakistan Dawn, The chief minister left Peshawar for Abbottabad to be amongst the earthquake victims on Eid day. He is scheduled to offer his Eid ...

Pakistan: Rs. 229.527 mln disbursed among quake victims of NWFP ... Nov 16, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), 229.525 million among earthquake victims including Rs. 128.625 million in Mansehra, and Rs. 50.075 mln and Rs. 50.825 million each in Abbottabad and shangla ...

Pakistan to launch development plan for quake-hit areas Nov 9, 2005
Xinhua, ...the remarks at the Medium Term Plan Development Workshop for Earthquake-affected Districts of Northwest Frontier Provinces (NWFP), in Abbottabad here Wednesday ...

$50m micro-credit fund for survivors: Ishrat Nov 12, 2005
Pakistan Link, Bank of Khyber and the Bank of Punjab were operating in the districts of Muzaffarabad, Rawalakot, Bagh, Mansehra & Abbottabad when the earthquake struck these ...

Donors pledge to revive healthcare infrastructure in quake-hit ... Nov 10, 2005
Daily Times, ABBOTTABAD: Donors pledged to extend all possible support in setting up health facilities in the earthquake-affected areas of the NWFP while participating in a ...

Quake-damaged schools are a threat to children Nov 3, 2005
Daily Times, He said the earthquake destroyed 91 schools in Abbottabad, 252 schools in Kohistan, 1,100 schools in Mansehra, 517 schools in Batagram and 199 schools in ...

NZ Red Cross medical staff depart for Pakistan Nov 14, 2005
Scoop.co.nz (press release), ...and nurse Marion Picken who arrived in Pakistan a week after the earthquake. ... will be stationed together at a Red Cross multinational hospital in Abbottabad. ...

Foreign medical teams have established 12 field hospitals in quake ... Nov 7, 2005
Online - International News Network, ...hospitals by foreign medical teams have been established in the earthquake affected areas ... one in Gari Habibullah, three in Balakot, one in Abbottabad, one in ...

Traumatised quake victim attempts suicide Nov 8, 2005
Daily Times, ABBOTTABAD: Doctors are struggling to save the life of a traumatised earthquake victim from Batagram district after he attempted to commit suicide, a doctor at ...

Imran Khan in US to raise quake relief funds Nov 14, 2005
Daily Times, Khanum Memorial Hospital in Lahore are already working in Abbottabad with “planned ... Foundation for Shelter and Medical Relief for the South Asian Earthquake. ...

Over 75000 Pak army troops engaged in relief operations Nov 3, 2005
Online - International News Network, ...in various Military hospitals at Rawalpindi , Peshawar, Nowshera Abbottabad, Murree, Mangla ... a very cordial and congenial environment to the earthquake patients. ...

Programme to rehabilitate tourism industry Nov 3, 2005
Daily Times, ...tourism industry, which was affected by the October 8 earthquake and was ... for approval, under which necessary infrastructure in Balakot, Abbottabad and other ...

Hopkins brings relief to shaken Pakistan Nov 4, 2005
Johns Hopkins News-Letter, ...the best thing we in the US can do to help the people affected by the earthquake? ... We were in Abbottabad for some time initially, and we had an office and were ...

Pakistan: More aircraft carrying relief goods arrive Nov 22, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...serious patients have been shifted to the hospitals of Abbottabad, Mansehra, Peshawar ... also reached Pakistan to help in rebuilding the earthquake struck region ...

Quake claimed lives of 11 Pakistani journalists: Report Nov 20, 2005
Webindia123, ...people who died in the devastating October 8th earthquake were Pakistani 11 ... The areas visited included Abbottabad, Mansehra, Balakot, Batgram, Shinkiari, Garhi ...

Over 75,000 troops of Pakistan Army to continue relief operation ... Nov 4, 2005
PakistanTimes.net, ...various Military hospitals at Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Nowshera, Abbottabad, Murree, Mangla ... Following October 8 earthquake over 11,000 patients were registered in ...

Crash program for rehabilitating tourism industry prepared Nov 4, 2005
Pakistan Link, Under the plan envisaged , necessary infrastructures in Balakot, Abbottabad and other such ... of income of the areas affected by the massive earthquake and formed ...

NZ nurses aid relief effort Nov 14, 2005
NZ City, ...are heading to Pakistan to join a multinational medical force helping earthquake survivors. ... country will be based at a Red Cross Hospital in Abbottabad, in the ...

Nurse to aid Pakistan quake victims Nov 14, 2005
Wanganui Chronicle, ...to northern Pakistan to help in the relief effort following the October 8 earthquake. ... is heading for a multi-national field hospital in Abbottabad, just north ...

Army troops will continue to help survivors through Eid Nov 3, 2005
Daily Times, ...admitted in various military hospitals at Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Nowshera Abbottabad, Murree, Mangla ... a cordial and congenial environment to the earthquake victims ...

Quake refugees eye return home Nov 6, 2005
ABC News ..."The earthquake has destroyed the ... themselves [by returning to their villages for winter]," says Tanveer Afzel, who runs a medical relief camp in Abbottabad. ...

NZ nurses aid relief effort Nov 14, 2005
Newstalk ZB, ...country will be based at a Red Cross Hospital in Abbottabad, in the ... being underwritten by the Government's $1.5 million contribution to the earthquake relief.

Pak Army begins reconstruction to rehabilitate victims Nov 9, 2005
Kashar News, ABBOTTABAD, Nov 09 (SANA): Pak Army has launched reconstruction in the quake ... of Mansehra district for widows whose husbands were killed in the earthquake. ...

Relief operation continues in affected areas Nov 9, 2005
Kashar News, Meanwhile, a spokesman of ISPR has clarified that 15 union councils of Abbottabad district have been affected by the earthquake. ...

Cuban doctors happy to serve in Pakistan Nov 11, 2005
Ispoline, PESHAWAR: Cuban doctors and nurses working in earthquake-affected Mansehra district have ... Montoro, he and members of his group worked in Abbottabad before being ...

All Pakistan Minorities Alliance ready to adopt 500 quake orphans Nov 11, 2005
AsiaNews.it, ...for the permission to adopt 500 children orphaned by the October 8 earthquake. ... help the quake victims in this terrible tragedy, we reached at Abbottabad on the ...

Severe diarrhoea strike survivors of Pakistan quake Nov 9, 2005
New Scientist (subscription), ...are among the latest health problems facing survivors of the Pakistan earthquake. ... The IFRCRC field hospital in Abbottabad has been seeing 100 new patients a ...

Rescued after 21 days but still fighting for life Nov 9, 2005
Daily Times, ABBOTTABAD: “Hello, Saeedur Rehman, hey, wake up, Rehman,� surgeon Fazl Wadood shakes the shoulders of the October 8 earthquake survivor, in a bid to bring ...

NWFP govt to launch crash programme to reconstruct damaged ... Nov 6, 2005
Pakistan Link, ...relief bodies was also being conducted for this purpose at Abbottabad on 9th ... who were assigned duties from very first day of the disastrous earthquake and even ...

PM vows to accomplish reconstruction task in shortest time Nov 10, 2005
Kashar News, ABBOTTABAD, Nov 10 (SANA): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government was ... students of the school who had died in the recent earthquake and laid ...

Shujat calls parties to shun differences Nov 3, 2005
Pakistan Link, Government is working day and night for rehabilitation of earthquake victims and ... Shujat Hussain also visited tent villages near Havalian and Abbottabad set up ...

‘Cholera could spread like wildfire’ Nov 11, 2005
Ispoline, ...government to prevent more deaths as a result of October 8 earthquake. ... more than 43,000 people in the districts of Mansehra, Abbottabad, Shangla, Muzaffarabad ...

Six-month plan for relief coordination Nov 3, 2005
Daily Times, In response to the devastating earthquake that struck Pakistan on October 8 ... be linked to subsidiary materials management cells in Abbottabad, Muzaffarabad and ...


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The Pakistani Red Crescent
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Islamic Relief
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