5.8 magnitude quake jolts Punjab, KP cities

ISLAMABAD - A 5.8 magnitude earthquake jolted many parts of the country including the federal capitalfa on Saturday. The tremors were also felt in Lahore, Sargodha, Chiniot and southern areas of Punjab, besides Peshawar, Swat, Nowshera, Upper Dir, Mardan and other areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre, Karachi, epicenter of the earthquake was in the mountain range of Hindu Kush in Afghanistan, close to the Pakistani and Tajik borders.

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