Thousands of Pakistanis homeless after quake

April 18, 2013 01:50

Thousands of people are homeless and desperate for aid in southwestern Pakistan following a deadly earthquake centred in neighbouring Iran that toppled scores of homes and killed at least 36 people, officials said today.

The Pakistani army has deployed several hundred soldiers to help the relief effort in Mashkel, the area of Baluchistan province hit hardest by yesterday's magnitude 7.8 earthquake. But many residents in Mashkel, where nearly all homes were destroyed, said they were unhappy with the official response.

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