***The mountainfolk in the Bagh valley have risen to the occasion, too. ***
***Having lost their houses - and loved ones in many cases - no one is rushing to horde food. ***
Everywhere I have stopped, people have told me that they took what they needed and guided the relief vehicles to villages that are furthest from the main road network.
***Relief workers - a vast majority of them with no experience of such situations - are simply overwhelmed by the simplicity and honesty of the villagers. ***
***Tough young men break into tears when describing the locals’ integrity. ***
An 18-year-old college student said the experience had taught him more than 10 cushy lifetimes ever could.
Another said he had come to understand Pakistan and Pakistanis better after the quake.
Yet another said he had only heard of Kashmir before this and wasn’t particularly interested in Pakistan’s conflict with India over this Himalayan region. Now, he said, he was in love with the place and hoped to come and live here once the crisis was over.
You have a great deal of hate for the west…so much that every time I read your anti-west post it amazes me. Why don’t you take a break for the month of Ramazan…feel holy and all..not that you don’t already
self-loathing is the root cause. He lives in the Northeastern part of the US and is clearly infatuated w/western culture. He can easily differentiate between Brittney Spears, Jessica Simpson and Kelly Clarkson
Sir, a friend of mine in Pak told me that majority of the lives were first saved by Allah ofcourse but secondly by the foreign rescue teams. Ofcourse civilians helped too but there were some areas under the rubble civilians just couldn’t access.
Wadi, interesting article. The relief effort seems so complicated at the moment. God bless the people who are trying to help. I pray that the victims are helped soon.
It's easy to jump the gun and critisize people at this time and I don't want to join the bandwagon. However, I seriously think the Army needs to do a serious review. Overestimation of capabilites.
te media is highlighting the looting becaus eother than that they couldn't find anything... plus its an attemopt to distract attention from the political crisis that could follow over the Govt's role.... t was the civilians that saved the day...
