Pakistani porters secure relief supplies onto the C-130 cargo plane also carrying army soldiers at a military base in Rawalpindi which is en route to Indonesia. Pakistani porters secure relief supplies onto the C-130 cargo plane also carrying army soldiers at a military base in Rawalpindi January 3, 2005 which is en route to Indonesia to participate in the relief effort. Eight days on, hungry and sick survivors of the Indian ocean tsunami were waiting for food and medicine in growing desperation as a multinational aid operation tried to reach remote towns ravaged by the waves. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed