ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan on Saturday said that at least six battalions of the Pakistan army are busy round-the-clock to restore the roads network in quake-affected areas of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP.

Relief goods were transported through vehicles to the areas where roads had been opened and then were shifted to inaccessible areas by the army jawans on mules, the DG ISPR told a private television channel.

He said the people staying over high mountains’ tops were being requested to come down to the areas accessible through road for the time being.

In reply to a question, he said there was sufficient stock of food commodities and medicines in the affected areas, however, tents and blankets were still needed in a large number.—APP