Tuesday, 9 October 2012

When his education hopes came crashing down devastating 2005 earthquake, 7th anniversary

MIRPUR: For survivors of the devastating 2005 earthquake, its 7th anniversary refreshed painful memories of their harrowing ordeals.


Muhammad Waleed, now a 22-year-old resident of the quake-hit Gohter village in Muzaffarabad, lost his father, an elder sister and an elder brother to the calamity. Over 200,000 people live in Gohter and its adjoining quake-hit villages.

“I was class 9th student at the time… I was at school when the earthquake hit and the building’s roof caved in…

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