9 dead, 44 injured after 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits Pakistan, says govt official
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9 dead, 44 injured after 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits Pakistan, says govt official

19 houses were partially damaged by the earthquake, Abdul Basit, a senior official in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government said on Wednesday.

   
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Islamabad: At least nine people were dead and 44 injured in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a government official said, after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake with its epicentre in Afghanistan struck late on Tuesday.

At least 19 houses were partially damaged by the earthquake, Abdul Basit, a senior official in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government told Reuters on Wednesday.

 

(Reporting by Jibran Ahmad in Peshawar, Writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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