ERRA served as the apex institution for formulating the national earthquake public policy for the government and managed financial funds for the efforts and operations involved in the reconstruction programmes . Established on 24 October 2005 as a direct response to deadly earthquake ( 7.6 on the Richter Scale ) in North-Western Pakistan , ERRA coordinated its largest operation to rebuild and reconstruct the 28,000-km2 earthquake effected area ( that equals to the size of the Netherlands and Belgium put together ) . Its first earthquake operations were coordinated and executed by Lieutenant-General Nadeem Ahmad who was also its first appointed chairman from its inception , till April 2008 , when Lt-Gen Sajjad Akram took over as deputy chairman . He stayed there till April 2010 when Lt Gen Haroon Aslam took over as its 3rd deputy chairman
deadly earthquake
2005 Kashmir earthquake
Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority