A Muslim charity with ties to Kashmiri terrorists sent truckloads of goods Wednesday to northern Pakistan's earthquake ravaged region.

"Our first priority is to provide relief to our Muslim brethren," said Yahya Mujahid, a spokesman for Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the charity arm of Lashkar-e-Taiba, which Pakistan outlawed in 2002 for terrorist activities. "It is a jihad, and all our members are busy in this jihad now."

Pakistani health authorities are having a tough time employing female mortuary attendants after bereaved families have complained about male staff handling their dead female relatives.

However, health authorities in Karachi say there is no straightforward solution, as women do not want to work in hospital morgues.

Police in northwestern Pakistan are initiating an inquiry after receiving complaints that two dead women won positions at a local election held last month.

The women were elected as councilors in the Upper Dir district in the North West Frontier Province. However, both died 13 years and three years ago, respectively.