A Pakistani woman in her 40s was rescued from the rubble of her Kashmir home yesterday, two months after being buried there in a devastating earthquake.

"A woman has been brought to hospital in Muzaffarabad who remained buried under the rubble of her home since the October 8 earthquake," said Doctor Hafeez, who only gave his first name.

"She is unconscious and kept in the intensive care unit and we hope that she will survive, Inshallah," he said.

"She had been fighting with death in a dark cavity under the rubble. It is a miracle."

The villagers who dug out the woman said pieces of rotten food were found in the hole, and that she might have survived by drinking rain water.

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Residents are seen trapped after a housing complex collapsed by a severe earthquake that jolted Islamabad, Pakistan, in this Oct. 8, 2005, file photo. (AP)