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Rescue efforts continue following Pakistan quake

Rescuers in Pakistan are continuing to search for survivors after a powerful earthquake struck Baluchistan province's remote south-west.

A Pakistani child sleeps as earthquake survivors gather near their collapsed mud houses in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran AAP.jpg
A child sleeps as earthquake survivors gather near their collapsed mud houses in Awaran district

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Hundreds are dead or injured and around 300,000 people are in desperate need of food, water and medical assistance - particularly in and around the worst hit district of Awaran.

 

The US-based Helping Hand for Relief and Development is one of the agencies sending help into the region.

 

Country head for Pakistan Fazal Rehman is in Islambad and he's speaking with Kristina Kukolja.

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