Local Government In Pakistan Urges Separatist Insurgents To Halt Attacks In Earthquake-Hit Baluchistan Province

The regional government in Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province, which was hit on Tuesday by a deadly, magnitude-7.7 earthquake that killed 359 people, appealed to separatist militants to suspend their operations, which have been impeding rescue and relief efforts in some areas. The appeal was issued after a chopper carrying Maj. Gen. Alam Saeed, chairman of the National Disaster Management