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Article: Pakistan opposition says government, army lack coordination for quake relief work
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- October 11, 2005
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AP Worldstream
10-11-2005
Dateline: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
A coalition of Pakistan's opposition Islamic parties on Tuesday claimed that the government and army lacked coordination to do relief work in the country's quake-hit areas, where between 35,000 to 40,000 people have been killed.
"This is our request to them: This is not the time to fight with each other," Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the leader of the United Action Forum coalition, told a news conference in the capital Islamabad.
Ahmed's remarks came three days after a 7.6-magnitude quake hit Pakistan and its part of Kashmir.
Since then, although civilian and military rescue teams have been doing relief work in the quake-affected areas, Ahmed ...