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Bagh

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

Children die as winter snow sweeps quake valleys 04 Dec 2005
The Observer, A few kilometres along the road north from Bagh town, where the British ... Yet with the crisis entering its deadliest phase since the earthquake struck, the ...

Quake survivors not to be relocated 04 Dec 2005
Pakistan Dawn, ...was also attended by representatives of the Earthquake Rehabilitation and ... District Bar Association, Muzaffarabad, President Press Club, Bagh, Tahir Abbasi ...

Four filtration plants purify drinking water quake zone 04 Dec 2005
Kashar News, ...council level in Pakistan and AJK, including in the earthquake affected districts ... with the Public Health Engineering Department in Muzaffarabad, Bagh and Gari ...

Relief & rehabilitation for quake victims shall be main focus in ... 04 Dec 2005
Jammu and Kashmir Newsline (press release), ...said that relief, rehabilitation and re-construction measures for earthquake affected people ... to newly opened roads at the zero line Chakan Da Bagh and Rawalkote ...

Army starts ferry service in Azad Kashmir Dec 2, 2005
Pakistan Dawn, ...and Ghori, which were badly damaged in the Oct 8 earthquake, was continuing. ... Another 10,000 shelters in district Bagh have been constructed by locals on self ...

Pakistan: British commandos to help build shelters in quake-hit ... Dec 2, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...are pleased to be able to offer our highly trained specialist troops to the relief effort in Bagh, which has been badly affected by the earthquake," said Adam ...

IOM - Migration December 2005: Pakistan quake - a race against ... Dec 1, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), In the earthquake-shattered high valleys of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and ... IOM cluster coordinators in Islamabad, Muzaffarabad, Mansehra, Bagh, Balakot and ...

Olive green, black hole Dec 2, 2005
Indian Express, ...where are the politicians? NATO’s earthquake relief effort in Pakistan did not even involve a thousand personnel. It is now winding ...

Quake emboldens Pakistani TV Nov 30, 2005
Christian Science Monitor, NATO troops would later tell Mir they came to Bagh because their officers saw his ... Pakistan's earthquake, while at once a story of national tragedy, is also the ...

Post-earthquake Kashmir winter claims two lives Nov 28, 2005
San Diego Union Tribune, BAGH, Pakistan – Subfreezing temperatures and the first snowfall in Pakistani Kashmir ... new disaster for 3.5 million Pakistanis left homeless by an earthquake. ...

Pakistan army constructs 30,000 shelter homes for quake survivors Dec 2, 2005
Kuwait News Agency, The earthquake of 7.6 magnitude caused 80-90 percent destruction in Neelum and Jehlum valleys and Bagh, Gari Dupatta and Miani Bandi area. (end) amn.

Pakistan earthquake: IR response - 28 Nov 2005 Nov 27, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), In agreement with the World Food Programme, IR is distributing food to 180,000 people in Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Rawalakot, and Neelum valley. ...

South Asia Earthquake: OCHA/UNJLC logistics bottlenecks as of 29 ... Nov 30, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), Several roads are becoming less accessible. The road from Islamabad to Bagh has been reported today as 'difficult' and deteriorating. ...

ANP will resist KBD: Bilour Nov 30, 2005
Daily Times, ...that all political parties had unanimously passed three anti-Kala Bagh dam resolutions ... He said the earthquake had devastated the NWFP and the spiralling prices ...

"Pakistani Army Spokesman: "We Fear Fundamentalists Could Exploit ... Nov 29, 2005
Asharq Alawsat, 20 minutes after the earthquake, and the first injured was admitted to the military hospital in Rawalpindi after having been transferred from Bagh within 45 ...

Pakistani winter threatens earthquake survivors Nov 29, 2005
Globe and Mail, Bagh, Pakistan -- Subfreezing temperatures and the first snowfall in Kashmir claimed ... a new disaster for millions of Pakistanis left homeless by an earthquake. ...

Post-earthquake Kashmir winter claims 2 lives; 300,000 still ... Nov 28, 2005
940 News, BAGH, Pakistan (CP) - Subfreezing temperatures and the first snowfall in Pakistani ... be a new disaster for millions of Pakistanis left homeless by an earthquake. ...

Post-earthquake Kashmir Winter Claims Two Lives Nov 28, 2005
abc11tv.com, ...(11/28/05 - BAGH, PAKISTAN) - Subfreezing ... victims of what officials fear will be a new disaster for 3.5 million Pakistanis left homeless by an earthquake. ...

Snow, rain bring gloom to earthquake-hit zone Nov 27, 2005
Gulf Times, The October 8 earthquake killed more than 73,000 people, most of them in the ... For Bagh region, the UN is considering a policy decision on establishment and ...

South Asia: Earthquake Appeal No. 05EA022 Operations Update No. 15 Nov 30, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...winter has already claimed the lives of at least three earthquake survivors ... deaths in the worst-hit districts of Muzaffarabad, Neelum Valley, Bagh and Rawalakot ...

Cinema turns to a medical drama Dec 1, 2005
Times Online, Shenaz, 35, was widowed by the earthquake and buried for several hours in the rubble of ... Qasim Bibi, 50, from the town of Bagh, was moved downstairs last week. ...

Commando Engineers "ideally suited" for Pakistan reconstruction ... Nov 29, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ..."We are pleased to be able to offer our highly trained specialist troops to the relief effort in Bagh, which has been badly affected by the earthquake. ...

Some Who Survived Kashmir Quake Have Died Nov 28, 2005
ABC News ...from the earthquake-ridden area of Sudhan, Gali Mohammad Asghar, waits with his sick children for his turn in freezing cold outside the NATO hospital in Bagh, ...

Pakistan: NATO air capability to be used for providing shelter ... Nov 28, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), During a visit to 80-bed NATO field hospital in Bagh, manned by a Dutch ... would be made to provide maximum support to the people affected by the earthquake. ...

Cold begins to claim lives of Kashmir quake survivors Nov 28, 2005
USA Today BAGH, Pakistan (AP) — An infant died Monday of pneumonia and a middle-aged ... disaster for 3.5 million Pakistanis who survived last month's earthquake but lost ...

Pakistan - Earthquake: OCHA Situation Report No. 24 Nov 20, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), In Bagh, a joint UNICEF/UNHCR training team has arrived to do site ... formal, organised camps that the Government has requested for earthquake-affected populations ...

43,300 died, 3 million displaced in AJK: report Nov 29, 2005
Pakistan Dawn, ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The October-8 earthquake killed 43,399 people and injured 31,069 in Muzaffarabad, Neelum, Bagh, Rawlakot and Palandri districts of Azad ...

Nato quake force held up by red tape and rumour Nov 28, 2005
Telegraph.co.uk, By Isambard Wilkinson in Bagh. A 1,000-strong Nato force sent to Pakistan to help earthquake victims has been impeded by bureaucracy and Pakistanis' fears about ...

Pakistan - Earthquake: OCHA Situation Report No. 25 Nov 25, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...agency assessment mission to Kohistan District concluded that in general, the earthquake has not ... In Bagh, uncertainties over the pipeline are the main concern. ...

Pakistan: Loss of livelihoods in quake zone severe Nov 29, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...of cattle and 47 percent of buffalo were killed in the district of Bagh and 21 ... The earthquake struck at the peak time for cutting local grass for hay and there ...

Some who survived Kashmir quake have died Nov 28, 2005
San Jose Mercury News, BAGH, Pakistan - An infant died Monday of pneumonia and a middle-aged man ... new disaster for 3.5 million Pakistanis who survived last month's earthquake but lost ...

Some Who Survived Kashmir Quake Have Died Nov 28, 2005
ABC News BAGH, Pakistan Nov 28, 2005 — An infant died Monday of pneumonia and a ... new disaster for 3.5 million Pakistanis who survived last month's earthquake but lost ...

Pakistan says reconstruction after next month seismic survey Dec 2, 2005
Islamic Republic News Agency, ...be launched after the completion of seismic survey in the earthquake affected areas ... operation and they are doing tremendous job in Rawalakot and Bagh areas in ...

Nato asks how long troops should stay Nov 29, 2005
Pakistan Dawn, He praised the cooperation extended to the contingent by Pakistan’s military and said the earthquake-stricken population of Bagh district had “nothing but ...

Cold, snow take 1st victim in quake zone Nov 29, 2005
Baltimore Sun, BAGH, Pakistan // Subfreezing temperatures and the first snowfall in Kashmir yesterday ... new disaster for millions of Pakistanis left homeless by an earthquake. ...

1st deaths from cold after quake Nov 28, 2005
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, BAGH, Pakistan - An infant died today of pneumonia and a middle-aged man ... new disaster for 3.5 million Pakistanis who survived last month's earthquake but lost ...

Chilly weather, snowfall posing great danger for quake survivors ... Nov 28, 2005
Online - International News Network, BAGH: Describing hardships and difficulties of the earthquake survivors in AJK and NWFP, Pakistan Tehrik-I-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said extreme ...

Direct Relief International provides $6 million to Pakistan ... Nov 23, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), In response to the earthquake, the ARC deployed a rapid assessment team to Bagh district where they setup one basic health unit to support 26 isolated villages ...

9 cross LoC at Chakan-Da-Bagh Nov 21, 2005
GreaterKashmir.com (press release), Administered Kashmir crossed over to the other side of Line of Control from Chakan-Da-Bagh of Poonch district to meet their earthquake affected relatives in ...

COMMENT: Ensuring that no village is left behind —Miguel ... Nov 29, 2005
Daily Times, In fact, I haven’t written since the earthquake occurred ... relief and more importantly, we sent our students (of the LUMS Adventure Society) to Bagh, where they ...

PAKISTAN: UNICEF launches water and sanitation project in quake ... Nov 29, 2005
Reuters AlertNet, As part of the earthquake relief operation, UNICEF has distributed around 1 ... safe drinking water to around 150,000 people in Muzaffarabd and Bagh districts of ...

Earthquake disaster exposes failures of government and deep ... Nov 23, 2005
Media Monitors Network, ...all buildings have collapsed, as have those in Rawlakot and Bagh; Balakot and ... difficulties of terrain and weather, even two weeks after the earthquake some 20 ...

Kashmir Winter Claims First Quake Survivor Nov 28, 2005
Salon November 28,2005 | BAGH, Pakistan -- Subfreezing temperatures and the first snowfall in ... new disaster for millions of Pakistanis left homeless by an earthquake. ...

AJK to build five more tent villages Nov 26, 2005
Pakistan Dawn, ...in different areas of the state for about 40,000 earthquake survivors to ... of these survivors were in district Muzaffarabad, 10,000 in district Bagh and 5000 in ...

Pakistan agrees to withdrawal of NATO troops Dec 1, 2005
Hindu, ...of the 1000-strong NATO military personnel engaged in earthquake relief activities ... NATO personnel have been engaged in relief operation in Bagh in Pak-Occupied ...

NATO troops to stay in Pak for 90 days Nov 30, 2005
The Tribune, ...would like the western alliances 1,000-strong contingent to continue earthquake relief here ... take over from his contingent, which is working in Bagh district of ...

Pak tells NATO: Go back Dec 1, 2005
Rediff, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation military personnel engaged in earthquake relief activities in ... personnel have been engaged in relief operation in Bagh in Pak ...

AJK PM, govt to supervise reconstruction of quake-affected areas ... Nov 30, 2005
PakTribune.com, ...house under AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan, Earthquake Rehabilitation and ... other facilities be expedited and rebuilding of Poonch, Bagh and other ...

Most tents delivered to quake-hit Pakistan not winterised Dec 2, 2005
NewKerala.com, ...to relief workers to reach survivors of the Oct 8 earthquake. At least three deaths from hypothermia have already been reported in Kashmir's Bagh district with ...

Pakistan: Punjab government to provide help to earthquake victims ... Nov 20, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...steel fixers and electricians would participate in the relief and reconstruction work in the earthquake hit areas of Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Rawalakot and Balakot ...

Pakistan Army to construct complex of 100 houses in Bagh Nov 23, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), The houses will be handed over to the widows in the earthquake affected area of the district Bagh in next one week. Meanwhile, over ...

Quake CBM: Five PoK residents enter JK from Poonch Nov 29, 2005
Webindia123, Jammu and Kashmir to know about the well being of their relatives after the earthquake. ... From Chakan Da Bagh in Poonch, nine persons had crossed over to pok on ...

2 die, over 100 hospitalised with respiratory diseases Nov 28, 2005
Khaleej Times, Himalayan winter to ferry aid to remote areas devastated by the October 8 earthquake that killed ... In the town of Bagh, a middle-aged man died a day after he was ...

Integrity, honesty, efficiency to be motto for Works Deptt: Charak Nov 27, 2005
Jammu and Kashmir Newsline (press release), ...guide the people in future construction of houses and buildings to make them earthquake resistant ... Bagh Nallah Bridge in Kathua District at an estimate cost of Rs ...

Some Who Survived Kashmir Quake Have Died Nov 28, 2005
Times Daily, 8 earthquake that killed more than 87,000 people. ... in the international community don't do something about it," he said at a NATO field hospital in Bagh, a town ...

Kalam assures all help to quake-hit in Kashmir Nov 26, 2005
The Tribune, Later, the President arrived at the Badami Bagh Cantonment here and interacted ... President visited 92 Base Hospital and interacted with the earthquake and battle ...

Yesterday’s enemies join hands to help Kashmir victims Nov 26, 2005
Khaleej Times, The Nato Air commander in Pakistan also warned that in Bagh alone 35,000 people ... Clearly, in the earthquake zones, the urgency of the task multiplies as the ...

The response of the AKHS, Pakistan - the health agency of the Aga ... Nov 21, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...of four doctors, two LHVs and two dispensers to Muzzafarabad and Bagh districts in AJK to provide first aid and primary health care to the earthquake victims. ...

Senate committee for duty free import of ‘special vehicles’ Nov 25, 2005
Daily Times, ...to support the rehabilitation of earthquake victims and had distributed Rs 129 million among 7,189 affected families of Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Mansehra, Shangla ...

PAKISTAN: UNICEF launches water and sanitation project in quake ... Nov 29, 2005
IRINnews.org, ...in the two worst quake-affected districts of Muzaffarabd and Bagh over the ... As part of the earthquake relief operation, UNICEF has distributed around 1 million ...

Senate Body For A Comprehensive Rehabilitation Plan For Disabled Nov 25, 2005
Online - International News Network, Mal took timely steps for rehabilitation of earthquake victims and distributed Rs. 129.222 million among 7189 families in Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Mansehra, Shangla ...

Winter begins taking its toll as three die: UN Nov 28, 2005
Daily Times, ...winter to ferry aid to remote areas devastated by the October 8 earthquake that killed more ... In Bagh, a middle-aged man died a day after he was brought in with ...

Weather kills two Pakistan quake survivors Nov 28, 2005
MSNBC 8 earthquake that killed more than 87,000 people. ... In the town of Bagh, a middle-aged man died a day after he was brought in with hypothermia, said Lt. Col. ...

Quake survivors' deaths recorded Nov 28, 2005
Scotsman, ...fast enough for those left out in the cold since the October 8 earthquake that killed ... do something about it," he said at a Nato field hospital in Bagh, a town ...

First crossing over from Poonch to PoK Nov 21, 2005
Expressindia.com, ...of Control including two Pakistanis, cross over to Pak Occupied Kashmir at Chakkan-da-Bagh crossing point in Poonch to meet their earthquake-affected relatives ...

Baby may be first victim of new Kashmiri catastrophe Nov 28, 2005
Toronto Star, BAGH, Pakistan—Subfreezing temperatures and the first snowfall in Kashmir have ... be a new disaster for millions of Pakistanis left homeless by an earthquake. ...

IoS Christmas Appeal Nov 26, 2005
Independent, North West Frontier Province and is about to set up two more in Bagh and Muzaffarabad ... ActionAid will use 75 per cent of your donationsfor earthquake relief work ...

The new disaster: two die in Kashmir winter Nov 28, 2005
The Herald, ...fast enough for those left out in the cold since the October 8 earthquake that killed ... Ejaz, 26, stood in line outside the Nato field hospital in Bagh, a town ...

Postearthquake winter claims its first life Nov 29, 2005
St. Petersburg Times, By wire services. BAGH, Pakistan - The baby boy survived the devastating earthquake in the Himalayan highlands. Then came the cold and the snow. ...

Pak Army 14 Battalions engineers deployed for construction of ... Nov 28, 2005
Pakistan Link, ...homes for the affected people who lost their abodes in the 8th October earthquake. ... In the District of Bagh 2204 shelters have been constructed by an Engineer ...

Pakistan - Earthquake: OCHA Situation Report No. 21 Nov 8, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), 45. In Bagh, UNHCR will establish 4 camps of 100 tents for earthquake-affected populations shortly – two camps in Bagh district, one in each of the districts ...

UNICEF gives Rs. 493 million for repair of AJK rural water and ... Nov 28, 2005
Online - International News Network, ...and urban) were badly damaged or destroyed by the October 8 earthquake. ... damaged water supply and sanitation systems in Neelum, Muzaffarabad, Bagh and Poonch ...

Pakistan: 14 battalions engaged in reconstruction: ISPR Nov 29, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...for the affected people who lost their abodes in the October 8 earthquake. ... In Bagh District, 2204 shelters have been constructed by an Engineer Battalion while ...

Pakistan: Heavy rain, snowfall compound miseries of quake ... Nov 29, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), 70,000 people were seriously injured in the 7.6-magnitud earthquake on October 8 ... in the worst-hit districts of Muzaffarabad, Neelam Valley Bagh and Rawalakot. ...

NATO rules out long-term stay in Pakistan Nov 24, 2005
PakTribune.com, ...in the air and ground as NATO helicopters evacuated hundreds of earthquake victims from ... is just one of the projects we’ re working in the Bagh area, and it ...

One more batch of Kashmiris crosses over the LoC Nov 23, 2005
NewKerala.com, ...time in 58 years that people had crossed the LoC at Chakhan da Bagh, with the ... about the fate of their relatives in the wake of the October 8 earthquake and to ...

Culpeper minister returns from Pakistan shaken by earthquake ... Nov 14, 2005
Fredericksburg.com, Shirgi told Miller he thinks it will take at least two years for the people of Bagh, about 60 miles from the earthquake's epicenter, to get back to a somewhat ...

Pakistan - Earthquake: OCHA Situation Report No. 22 Nov 11, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...on 8 November, cluster achievements and activities one month after the earthquake were reviewed. ... In Bagh, verification of villages in high-risk areas is ongoing ...

7 Indian civilians cross LoC Nov 21, 2005
The Tribune, PoK) through the Line of Control (LoC) at Chakan-da-Bagh in Poonch ... their Pakistani counterparts to expedite the crossing by victims of the recent earthquake. ...

NATO troops find dead children 6 weeks after quake Nov 22, 2005
ABC News NATO soldiers repair the road, which was damage by the landslides after October 8 earthquake, outside the Bagh city in Pakistan-administered Kashmir November 21 ...


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