ON 8 October 2005 at 8:50 a.m., a devastating 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck Kashmir for 60 seconds. In the aftermath of the disaster, more than 73,000 people lost their lives, 128,000 were injured and three million were left homeless as infrastructure, roads and entire villages collapsed. General Pervez Musharraf ordered a full mobilization of the Pakistan Army, which served as first responders by deploying rescue teams with search dogs and thermal cameras to free survivors from concrete rubble. Soldiers and medical personnel set up field hospitals, delivered aid by hand and helicopter and managed relief camps that provided hot food, clean water, shelter and medical surgeries. Moving into long-term recovery, army engineers cleared landslide debris and repaired critical transportation routes like the........

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