Muffled Voices on Campuses Apart from the buzz at private universities it was heartwarming to note that even at a heavily 'militarized' university like NUML (National University of Modern Languages) students made history by staging a demonstration across campus. It must be noted that this particular university started as an institute for armed forces in 70s and has continued to keep a stringent 'militarized' culture and is run by a Brigadier who's continued to head it even after shedding his unform and active service. Yesterday when the chanting and shouting of slogans was going on at campus he was left fuming and running around to shout at his security people to the amusement of many. I dont know what its gonna take to make them realize its not gonna work for them forever. The day will come! I promise you!
Bravo! Boys and Galz of NUML... You certainly made history yesterday and thus lot many people proud of you!
You can read the story of NUML demonstration on this link:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C11%5C25%5Cstory_25-1 1-2007_pg11_3

Pakistan Rocked I myself was in Muzaffarabad on 11th Oct. I actually planned to see a friend who lived only 7-8 km away from the main city on the raod leading to Neelum Valley. We could go only less than 1 km in our vehicle as there was no road to be seen anywhere. All we could see was the newly shaped terrain, with coninuous landslides. Those who were willing to continue on feet had to return because of the eminent threat of slides. When the aftershocks would subside, the rain would play its role in making things more miserable.

The next whole week I witnessed no different scenes in NWFP. In Batgram my own family had to spend nights under open skies. Some of them are still in great wide open, exposed to the elements and constant fear of further damage. Least visibel are the psychological scars but u sense them only when you engage them in a connecting conversation. I very rarely find the courage to do it. Now I have returned to Islamabad, bringing few of my klan members to the relative safety. But how safe we really are? or thousands others who have actually become the main characters of this tragic drama, unlike me who just witnessed it from the sideline.
The scale of the devastation makes you dumbfounded.

I`ve seen some satellite imagery on few interacts. Here is another link where you can see Muzaffarabad beofore and after the disaster.

http://www.spaceimaging.com/gallery/AsiaEQViewer.htm