A school destroyed by the devastating earthquake in Pakistan is set to be rebuilt - and named after Bradford.

Students at Bradford College have raised £10,000 to support victims of the massive quake which claimed 73,000 lives and left more than two million people homeless.

Now the money is set to be used to re-build a school in Muzzaffarabad which was destroyed last year.

And students have been told that the new building will be named after Bradford College in recognition of their fundraising.

Government officials in Pakistan have said it will cost £17,000 to allow a new school to be built, according to Bradford College lecturer Adil Mahmood who held talks in the country earlier this year.

Mr Mahmood visits Pakistan to help recruit international students for the college and during his stay he met with Government officials.

College students Shahpal Yaqoob, and Usman Amir, both of Girlington, also travelled to Pakistan this year to witness the aftermath of the quake.

The pair were part of a fundraising committee of staff and students which was set up by Bradford College to provide long-term support to Pakistan.

Their fact-finding trip was organised to see how the students' cash could best be spent.

The plan for a new school was developed after the pair and Mr Mahmood met officials in Azad Jammu and Kashmir which governs the affected area in Pakistan.

Shahpal, 22, said: "It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience seeing all the beautiful scenery and at the same time the devastation.

"We see the images on the television but it is a lot worse seeing it for yourself."

During their two-week trip to Pakistan they visited Muzzaffarabad, Raulakot and Bagh.

The new school will provide an education for 320 11 to 16-year-olds and the college hopes building work will start this year.

Shahpal said: "The reasons we decided that we wanted the money to go toward education are, one, we are students ourselves and, two, we were told that 90 per cent of the schools in the areas affected by the earthquake were destroyed which means there are people growing up in Pakistan without an education."

A fashion show organised by students last year raised £3,000 and another £3,500 has been raised through a charity ball in March.

Now the college students are planning to raise another £7,000 to reach the fund-raising target needed for construction work on the new school to begin.