Hoodbhoy, Pervez

Hoodbhoy, Pervez

Pervez Hoodbhoy

1 November 2005Feature

From under the rubble of collapsed buildings, a gut-wrenching smell of decaying corpses now fills the town. The rats have it good; the one I accidentally stepped upon was already fat. If there is indeed a plan to clear the concrete rubble in and around the town, nobody seems to have any clue. But the people of Balakot are taking it in their stride - nose masks are everywhere.

From this destroyed mountainous tourist base town, situated on the banks of the Kunhar river, a relief group…