Pakistan in Media

Friday, October 02, 2009

PADANG, Indonesia: Indonesia said on Thursday it feared thousands had died in a major earthquake as exhausted rescue workers clawed through mountains of rubble with their bare hands in a race to find survivors. The first rescue flights laden with food, medicine and body bags arrived in the devastated region on Sumatra island as another powerful quake struck further south, causing more injuries and sparking panic. “The latest figures we have suggest the death toll has risen already to 1,100,” UN humanitarian chief John Holmes told a press briefing at the United Nations.