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CNews ZIARAT: Thousands of people in the sparsely populated south-western province of Balochistan have spent a freezing night in the open. Aftershocks from the 29 October earthquake continued to rock the area, creating widespread panic. Temperatures in Ziarat and other affected areas were recorded by the Pakistan Met Office at between minus one and minus four degrees Centigrade on the night of 29-30 October. The death toll from the quake, which measured 6.4 on the Richter scale, is now being officially put at 236, with over 400 injured. Aid workers who have rushed to the scene believe these numbers could rise as more bodies are dug out of the rubble. North-western Balochistan, including the Ziarat and Pishin districts, was worst hit by the quake. Seven to eight villages in Ziarat have reportedly been levelled. "Wam village is among those that have been completely destroyed," the mayor of Ziarat, Dilawar Kakar, told a local news agency. He said not a single house remained stan...

CNews ISLAMABAD: The death toll in Balochistan earthquake has reached to 217 with hundreds of villagers injured, while relief and rescue operation is underway in the quake hit areas of the province, reported ARY OneWorld on Thursday. Over 400 people are being given the medical treatment in the quake-affected areas of Balochistan; however, the relief activities are being affected owing to the extreme freezing cold weather conditions. In many quake-hit areas, the people are still in wait for the relief goods and sitting under open skies through the night. National flag carrier Managing Director Captain Ijaz Haroon announced today that they would provide free of cost service for transportation of the relief goods for the quake-affected people. Pakistan Army and Frontier Corps Troops and staff of Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Earthquake Relief and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA), Provincial and District Administration remai...

CNews ISLAMABAD: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has confirmed death of 115 people in moderate earthquake that hit many parts of Balochistan province in early hours of Wednesday. The earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale struck an area of approximately 70 kilometers in north and north-east of provincial capital Quetta at approximately 0510 hours on 29 October 2008, NDMA chairman Lt.Gen (rtd) Farooq Ahmed Khan told media here in the evening. He said villages of Wachan Kaws and adjacent localities in district Ziarat were severely affected while district Pishin’s village Toba Achakzai and adjacent localities suffered moderate loss. “So far we have reports of injuries of 296 people among which 60 have been hospitalized,” he said, adding that 2,000 houses were demolished in the morning quake. Farooq Ahmed said immediate response was mounted by local civil and military authorities. Medical teams of Headquarters 12 Corps had heli-lifted in early hours and were engaged in res...