Earthquake rocks Islamabad

Residents of Pakistan’s capital were jolted from their beds by a 5.3-magnitude earthquake, but there were no injuries or damage reported.

Residents of Pakistan’s capital were jolted from their beds by a 5.3-magnitude earthquake, but there were no injuries or damage reported.

Arif Mahmood, a seismological official in the north-western city of Peshawar, said the quake’s epicentre was only about 17 miles north of Islamabad.

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