South Asian Earthquake

When the Hindu Kush and surrounding area gets a headache, everyone suffers. It's too early to tell just how much damage there has been, but entire rural communities will have been wiped out, and getting help to them will be dependent on the availability of helicopters - the roads and mountain tracks are blocked. My family back in the old country, live in the Punjabi fortress city of Lahore - 250KM south-east of Islamabad. Although I have personally been disowned by the extended family in Pakistan, my parents were able to establish that the old clan are safe and sound. My thoughts go out to the folks back home and the diaspora.