World rushes to aid stricken nations

RESCUE teams and aid pledges poured into Pakistan from around the world yesterday.

“We are rushing against the clock here,” said a spokeswoman for the UN Office for Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, as rescue workers struggled to pull survivors of Saturday’s 7.6 magnitude earthquake from the rubble.

An eight-member UN team had begun co-ordinating the relief effort in the hardest hit areas, the spokeswoman said, and teams from Turkey, China, Britain and Germany were on the ground.