Soldiers pulled a young girl alive from the rubble of the Kashmir earthquake today, giving shattered Pakistan a moment of joy on a day when storms poured more misery on a million homeless survivors.
The story emerged after a nine-year-old boy from Snagher about four miles from Balakot, the worst-hit city in North West Frontier Province, begged soldiers for help.
Military spokesman Major-General Shaukat Sultan said the boy, who had looked after his two younger brothers, one a babe in arms, since their parents were killed in the October 8th quake, told soldiers he had found his sister alive.
"Our soldiers pulled out the girl today," Maj-Gen Sultan said without giving her age or details of how her brother found her.
