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Watch a report over history of major deadly earthquake in the region. In a major earthquake in northern Pakistani areas yesterday, around 270 people lost their lives while over 1600 were injured.

MULTAN: Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman, went to hospital after he felt 'cardiac pain' Tuesday. According to sources, he underwent a two-hour long medical checkup while ECG test of him was also undertaken. The doctors have advised him to have rest.

ISLAMABAD: Strong tremors were felt in parts of the country including South Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Samaa reported Monday. According to our correspondent the earthquake jolted Islamabad, Lahore, Sialkot, Quetta, Peshawar, Kohat, Abbottabad, Swat, Malakand and other cities and towns of the country.

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan army says that at least 123 people have died from a powerful earthquake which has rattled many parts of Pakistan today (Monday). In a press statement on social media, DG ISPR Let-Gen Asim Bajwa said that Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif flew to some affected areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to assess the rescue operation.

JACOBABAD: AT last eight people have been killed and several others injured when an explosion struck a Muharram procession here on Friday. Our correspondent said the blast took place on Quetta road. The dead and injured were being taken to a nearby hospital.

KARACHI: Samaa TV's former online content editor, Sadaf Akhtar, was viciously slain at her home in what the police are saying was a robbery, Samaa reported Monday. "After incapacitating her, the killers/robbers struck Ms Akhtar with a carpenter's adze (a tool similar to an axe) multiple times.

WASHINGTON: The US First Lady Michelle Obama and Maryam Nawaz, daughter of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday vowed to work for promotion of education in Pakistan that intend to benefit 200,000 young girls. Speaking at an event "Let Girls Learn" at the White House both sides committed to closely work together to expand opportunities for the education of young girls in Pakistan and women empowerment.

The confidence should be extra super in a super power country like the US. But, this time round again, Nawaz Sharif is carrying a chit in his hand. The Prime Minister cannot help it. The most of the time, he was preoccupied with hiding it.

Karachi : Sindh rangers ne Karachi operation ke teesray marhalay ki hikmat e amli tay karli. ghirlaysns Yafta asleha rakhnay walon koab dehshat gard tasawwur kya jaye ga .

Islamabad : speaker qaumi assembly Ayaz Sadiq ka kehna hai ke tees october ko Islamabad band nahi hoga balkay mazeed sarmaya kaari ke liye poora mulk khula rahay ga. Imran Khan baaligh hain, sab behtar jantay hain

Tug-of-war between Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Pakistan and London spiraled up as Amir Khan, Khawaja Izhar-ul-Hassan, Faisal Sabzwari, and Kishwar Zehra have been disowned by London secretariat.

"Muslim League-Q leader Pervaiz Elahi revealed that over 70 leaders of PML-N will renege on their party--a potentially big setback to the ruling party."