Earthquake victims returning

Published April 8, 2006

SIALKOT, April 7: Hundreds of earthquake survivors from Azad Kashmir’s areas, including Muzaffarabad, Balakot, Batgram, Mansehra and Abbottabad have started going back to their homes from Sialkot and Narowal districts.

According to the official sources, the earthquake stricken people were repatriating with an aim of rebuilding their houses, shops and schools along with the government officials.

After the devastating earthquake, dozens of families had shifted to the houses of their relatives in Sialkot, Daska, Bhopalwala, Sambrial, Uggoki, Pasrur, Chawinda, Badiana, Shakargarh, Zafarwal, Noor Kot, Baddo Malhi, Narowal and their surrounding urban and rural areas.