- Quake death toll now 23,000
- PM says 51,000 injured and about 2.5 million homeless
- Domestic donations Rs 600m
- Roads to Muzaffarabad, Mansehra, Balakot open
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Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday that 23,000 people had died in Saturday’s earthquake and that the death toll would increase after rescuers reached far-off areas. Speaking at a press conference, he said 51,000 people had been injured and about 2.5 million had been rendered homeless. However, according to unofficial reports the death toll might exceed 100,000. The prime minister said that more than $300 million had been pledged by foreign companies and international donor agencies while donations from domestic sources had reached Rs 600 million within the first 48 hours of the earthquake. |