Pakistan Emergency Information Project

State-owned Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, PBC, (Radio Pakistan Islamabad and Muzaffarabad stations) were mentioned 67 times
BBC mentioned 37 times
Power FM-99 mentioned 7 times
FM-100 mentioned 9 times
FM-101 (state-owned) mentioned 2 times

Radio listenership post-earthquake

34 respondents said they had radio sets before the quake but had lost them
43 said they still had their radio sets and listened to multiple sources of information
16 had no radio sets before quake
10 now have it (7 purchased it, and 1 each donated by FM105 and a friend)
Of the 23 people who stayed near home after the quake, 15 still have radio sets from before. (?%)
Of the 70 people that left their home communities, only 35 have radios. (?% )

Post-quake choice of radio station (of 55 respondents with radio sets) (multiple choice)

29 said Power FM-99 is among their multiple choices of stations they tune in to
19 listen to state-owned PBC
18 listen to BBC
12 listen to Buraq FM-104.4 (private ER station)
9 listen to Sachal FM-105 (private ER station)
8 listen to state-owned AJK FM-101
6 listen to FM-104.6 (Punjab University Campus Radio)
1 listens to Mast FM-103 (private ER station)
1 listens to Ravi FM-88 (private ER station)

TV viewership pre-earthquake

55 respondents had TV sets in their homes before the earthquake
54 actually watched TV before the earthquake
38 never had a TV set

Pre-quake choice of TV channels (multiple choice)

47 watched telecast of state-run Pakistan Television ( PTV )
3 watched PTV-1
6 watched PTV-2
21 watched PTV World
11 watched AJK TV
2 watched Geo TV (private channel)
2 watched QTV (religious channel)
3 watched unspecified cable channels

TV viewership post-earthquake

22 respondents who had a TV set before the quake now have 1 (some possibly now have bought one)

Post-quake choice of TV channels

19 respondents watch state-run PTV
9 watch PTV World
2 watch AJK TV 1 watches Doordarshan (Indian channel)
2 respondents who have TV sets said they did not watch it

Source of information about emergency relief

The range of multiple choices given to the survey sample included Friends, Radio, Newspapers, TV, Police/Military, Government, Civil Administration, Mosques, “Not at all”

65 respondents identified “radio” as one of their main sources of information
57 identified “Friends” (word of mouth) as one of their main sources of information
31 identified newspapers as one of their main sources of information
22 identified TV as one of their main sources of information
13 identified mosques as one of their main sources of information
15 identified military/police as one of their main sources of information
6 identified civil (local) administration as one of their main sources of information
11 identified government (federal/state) as one of their main sources of information
3 said they never got information from any of sources

Benefit from Relief Agencies

89 acknowledged receiving some benefit
4 claimed they received no benefit

Have local authorities/ relief agencies consulted you about your needs?

Male: Total: 59. Yes: 53 No: 6

Female: Total: 34. Yes: 34 No: 0

Access to post-quake relief services

73 respondents said they are receiving healthcare including medicines. 20 said they were not getting it
82 said clean drinking water was available to them. 11 said it was not
90 said adequate food was available to them. 13 said it was not
75 said sanitary facilities were available to them. 18 said they were not
55 said electricity was available to them. 39 said it was not
48 said they had warm clothing. 45 said they did not
89 said tent/shelter was available to them. 4 said they did not
81 said they had received Rs 25,000 from the government to rebuild homes. 12 said they had not