Prime Minister directs to mobilize all resources to ensure safety of citizens
All agencies have been directed to move out with their resources in the affected areas.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed all the federal civil, military and provincial agencies to declare immediate alert and mobilize all resources to ensure safety of citizens after an earthquake measuring 8.1 magnitude hit most parts of Pakistan on Monday.
All agencies have been directed to move out with their resources in the affected areas.
The Prime Minister has ordered that no stone should be left unturned to provide all kinds of assistance.
The quake was 196 km deep and centred 82 km southeast of Feyzabad in a remote area of Afghanistan in the Hindu Kush mountain range. Strong temors were also felt in Kabul and New Delhi.
Communication services have been disrupted in Islamabad. A building has also reportedly collapsed in Peshawar.
Hundreds of people are reportedly injured and there are some reports of deaths as well.
