The death toll from a
powerful earthquake that struck a remote
part of southwestern Pakistan jumped to
173 on Wednesday, officials said, as rescue
teams rushed to the area. The 7.7-magnitude quake hit the Awaran
district of Baluchistan province on Tuesday
afternoon, destroying scores of mud-built
houses. Abdul Latif Kakar, the head of the Provincial
Disaster Management Authority, gave AFP
the new toll and said there were more than
300 people injured. A top local administration official in Awaran,
Abdul Rasheed Baluch, confirmed the new
toll and said many more deaths were feared
as response teams worked through the day. “We have been busy in rescue efforts for
the whole night and fear we will recover
more dead bodies from under the rubble
during the daylight,” he said. “Around 90 percent of houses in the district
have been destroyed. Almost all the mud
houses have collapsed.” Some of the dead have already been laid to
rest in their villages, he added
powerful earthquake that struck a remote
part of southwestern Pakistan jumped to
173 on Wednesday, officials said, as rescue
teams rushed to the area. The 7.7-magnitude quake hit the Awaran
district of Baluchistan province on Tuesday
afternoon, destroying scores of mud-built
houses. Abdul Latif Kakar, the head of the Provincial
Disaster Management Authority, gave AFP
the new toll and said there were more than
300 people injured. A top local administration official in Awaran,
Abdul Rasheed Baluch, confirmed the new
toll and said many more deaths were feared
as response teams worked through the day. “We have been busy in rescue efforts for
the whole night and fear we will recover
more dead bodies from under the rubble
during the daylight,” he said. “Around 90 percent of houses in the district
have been destroyed. Almost all the mud
houses have collapsed.” Some of the dead have already been laid to
rest in their villages, he added
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