A Bradford businessman wept as he stepped inside a hospital seething with people injured in the South Asian earthquake.

Chairman of the Shipley-based Aagrah chain of restaurants Mohammad Sabir, who founded JANNAT Welfare International Trust, has stayed in the area to help with the relief operation since he was caught up in the devastating disaster.

The 65-year-old businessman is buying vital supplies and medicine for the victims raised by people across the Bradford district.

Speaking after visiting Rawalpindi yesterday, Mr Sabir said: "There were 700 people in one hospital. I cried when I went into A&E. There were small children, old people, people with no legs. Many people have broken legs and ribs. They are badly injured and hungry."

Mr Sabir was able to donate £5,000 to buy medicine but he said the hospital is desperately short of surgical supplies such as bandages and rods and plates to help repair broken bones.

"Some people have spent two to three days under their houses," he said. "Some people have lost their memory and they do not know what's going on. Please keep helping - you can still help."

Mr Sabir has also visited Muzaffarabad where people are leaving the carnage in their droves to try to find food and shelter in Islamabad.

Those who are left behind are left with the agony of burying their dead - many of whom have lain concealed for almost a week now.

"People make one big grave and put 20 to 30 bodies together," said Mr Sabir. "We still don't know how many thousands of people have been killed. It's unbelievable. There is nothing left there."

Mr Sabir has been able to buy 2,000 kaftans to help shroud the dead with money donated by people in Bradford. Thanks to their generosity, the dead have been laid to rest with some dignity.

Mr Sabir, who lives in Emm Lane, Bradford, was driving in Mirpur when the 7.6 quake hit Kashmir and Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.

Staff and family at Aagrah restaurants have raised £32,000 and some restaurants are raising up to £1,000 a night in collection boxes for customers.