Pakistan’s military had to destroy an Islamic school, killing 80 people in the process, with helicopter-fired missiles to prevent trainee terrorists escaping the building, the army said today as critics denounced the government for using disproportionate force.

Pakistani troops backed by missile-firing helicopters killed an estimated 80 militants today after destroying a purported al-Qaida-linked training facility near the Afghan border, the military said.

DOZENS of quake survivors forced their way onto two UN helicopters involved in the relief effort and demanded to be taken out of a Kashmir village.

A bus fell into a river today in the Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir, leaving at least 22 people dead and 24 more injured, an official said.

An international human rights group claimed today that Pakistani officials are storing tents and other relief supplies instead of immediately distributing them to earthquake survivors.