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HUNDREDS FEARED DEAD

Hundreds of people are feared dead after a major earthquake hit Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.

The quake - measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale - reportedly buried several entire villages in Pakistan.


The epicentre of the quake was 6.2 miles below ground in the Kashmir region, 60 miles north-east of Islamabad and 75 miles north-west of Srinagar.

"The death toll could be in hundreds," Pakistan Brigadier Javed Cheema said.

Most casualties were in the northern area of Mansehra and from Pakistan's sector of the divided Himalayan territory of Kashmir, he added.

The quake was felt across northern and central India and into Afghanistan.

Screaming people rushed out of flats in the Indian capital New Delhi as the tremor began.

"We felt the whole earth shaking, the scaffoldings swaying left and right," said Ram Kripal, a 33-year-old construction worker.

"There was big noise from the clattering of glass panes. It continued for about 15-20 seconds, but it felt like a lifetime."

The area where the quake took place is known for its frequent seismic activity and experts have long predicted an imminent major earthquake in the Himalayan region.

Source: SKY

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Aftershocks rock Islamabad
Updated at 1455 PST)
ISLAMABAD: Aftershocks tremor rocked Islamabad around 2:00 pm. A massive earthquake hit the various parts of countries including Rawalpindi and Islamabad in the wee hours of Saturday.

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Quake hits 80% of Punjab and 70% of NWFP
(Updated at 1620 PST)
ISLAMABAD: The worst ever earthquakes in the history of this country rocking this morning has caused widespread distress to the people spanning over 80 percent of Punjab and 70 percent of the Frontier provinces, according to Metrological department.

Many villages were reportedly devastated, where it was feared to have taken a heavy toll of lives besides damages to property.

Sources told that 6 persons were killed and several injured in Murree alone, while the people kept coming to the hospital with the wounded on self help basis.

Geo correspondent told that Peshawar underwent 11 shocks of powerful tremors and still continuing intermittently, while Mansehra and Batgram suffered most both in terms of lives and property.

Besides, at least 40/50 houses of a village ‘Molian’ located in between Murree and Nathiagali have been totally destroyed. No relief team from the government has thus far reached here.

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Quake a test for the nation, says Musharraf
(Updated at 1630 PST)
ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf said the massive quake was a test for the nation as he visited collapsed Margallah Towers apartment block in Islamabad along with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.

"In the overall context it is a test for all of us... the entire nation and we are sure we will qualify this test," Musharraf said.

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz announced to setup a relief fund for the earthquake victims at the Prime Minister Secretariat that will receive donations and relief items for the quake victims.

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Around about 40 Soldier from the Pakistan Army are dead - it's until now not known if those killed were member of the rescue authorities...

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Hundreds killed in Kashmir quake
Last Updated: Saturday, 8 October 2005, 11:43 GMT


Pakistan says more than 1,000 people may have died in a powerful quake that also hit north India and Afghanistan.
The quake in Kashmir had a magnitude of at least 7.6. The epicentre was 80km (50 miles) north-east of Islamabad.

Pakistan's interior ministry said several villages had been wiped out. A total of 172 are so far confirmed dead in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Rescuers are trying to reach dozens of residents feared trapped in a building collapse in Islamabad.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who was visiting the site, said the quake was a "test of the nation".

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Part of the Margala Towers residential complex collapsed in Islamabad.

One rescuer, Rehmatullah, said: "I rushed down and for some time you could not see anything because of the dust... We pulled out one man by cutting off his legs."

At least 20 injured people were pulled out but dozens are feared trapped. Rescuers are listening for cries from under the rubble.

A senior police officer in Peshawar - the capital of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, says initial reports there talk of 140 dead but the number is expected to rise.

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Mohammad Hanif, an official at the Pakistan Meteorological Department, told Reuters: ""We can say that it was one of the strongest earthquakes [ever] felt in Islamabad."

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In other reports around the region:

* About 35 people were feared dead when a courtroom and two schools collapsed in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, police said.

*A meeting attended by India's premier, Manmohan Singh, in the northern city of Chandigarh was stopped after his bodyguards ordered an immediate evacuation following the tremors.

*The 200-year-old Moti Mahal fort in Poonch district, Indian-administered Kashmir, has collapsed.

*Haikal Shah Falah, a government employee in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, said: "We've reports that two children were killed, one in Charbag and one in Chapliyar districts."

*One child was killed and six injured in a school collapse in Rawalpindi, Pakistan's information minister said.

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Ya Allah indeed we need Your help and Your blessings
May Allah's blessings be with our bleoved country and its people

Ameen Ya Rab!

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Telefon lines bhi bohat mutasir huee hain. ARY Digital key mutabiq jaani nuqsaan bohat ziyada hai jiska andazah lagana filhaal bohat mushkil hai.

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England mein muqeem Pakistaniyon key liye Pakistan Embassy ney London aur Manchester Airport per visa dena shuru kar diya hai aur jo Pakistani fori tor per Pakistan jana chahtey hain unhein sari sahoolat di jaey.

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Masood mein iss khaber mein thorra sa izafa kerti chaloon k pakistan k zer e intezam kashmir k shehr DHADHYAL mein boht nuqsan hua hey aur wahan se taluq rakhnay walay huamray mirpuri behn bhai zayada tar England mein muqeem hein, issi wajah se PAKISTAN HIGH COMISSION LONDON ki Maleeha Lodhi ne 24 hours emegency visa ki sahulat denay ka elaan kiya hey, iss mein heathrow, Manchester aur Birmingham Airports shamil hein.

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Epicenter of quake was located 95 kilometer NORTHEAST of Islamabad

yes so plz do pray for us :( abhi tak after shocks a rahe hain sari raat neend b nahi aye hai abhi b lag raha hai sara kuch hil hi raha hai :(