Disaster struck northern Pakistan , the Kashmir region in 2005 , claiming many lives . `` We arrived in the town of Balakot and it was totally flattened . Imran Khan recalled being overwhelmed by the sight of an entire town being reduced to rubble . Khan : ` ` Their livelihoods disappeared overnight . They had nothing , no business , money , food '' The politician and former cricketer said Haitians must be saved in the longer term .
Disaster struck northern Pakistan , the Kashmir region in 2005 , claiming many lives . Imran Khan recalled being overwhelmed by the sight of an entire town being reduced to rubble . Khan : ` ` Their livelihoods disappeared overnight . They had nothing , no business , money , food '' The politician and former cricketer said Haitians must be saved in the longer term .