"The relief effort is failing"

"'They are not giving out tents. Only those with political connections are getting them'". "In the earthquake-ravaged hills of Pakistan, the army is now using pack-horses to get supplies to the survivors. There aren't enough helicopters to go around. Most of the roads are still blocked by landslides, and winter is approaching fast.

The survivors grow more desperate by the day. The relief effort is failing, and thousands are without food or shelter. In the mountains above Balakot, the town that was completely destroyed by the earthquake, scenes that could come from the First World War are unfolding." ...

Anger in Kashmir as death toll rises . "'The patients are coming too late and suffering gangrene in their wounds,' said Fazlur Khan, an orthopaedic surgeon who has performed dozens of amputations in recent days. 'Almost a week down the line, we are seeing many children - orphans like Faisa - trapped under the rubble for so long they develop gangrene. By the time they get to you it is impossible to save their limbs. You make a decision - you have to save the life of the patient." ...

Quake deaths near 40,000 as Britons rush to the rescue. "When an earthquake of 7.6 magnitude ripped through Pakistani-run Kashmir last Saturday, burying alive tens of thousands of people, the news was a dagger through the hearts of hundreds of thousands of their relatives in Britain." ...