Aid effort rethink as Asian quake toll mounts

The Government is expected to increase its aid for yesterday’s earthquake in Pakistan as the death toll mounts.

Aid effort rethink as Asian quake toll mounts
Sun, 09 Oct, 2005 - 15:02

The Government is expected to increase its aid for yesterday’s earthquake in Pakistan as the death toll mounts.

Junior Foreign Affairs Minister Conor Lenihan yesterday pledged €1m when the number of casualties was estimated at 1,000.

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