Over 200 killed in Pakistan as 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes
On Monday, Pakistan relived the horror when a major earthquake centred in the Hindu Kush – the 800km mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and northern Pakistan – killed more than 200 people in the two countries and injured hundreds of others, sending shockwaves as far as New Delhi.
An injured boy being treated in a hospital in Peshawar. PHOTO: AP
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Pakistani doctors treat patients at a hospital after an earthquake hit, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Oct. 26, 2015 PHOTO: AP
Rescue workers carry a man, who was injured during an earthquake, at the Lady Reading hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan, October 26, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS
A boy (R), who was injured during an earthquake, leans on his father's shoulder after receiving first aid at hospital in Mingora, Swat, Pakistan October 26, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERSPrisoners cried for help as guards bolted
Residents clear the rubble of a house after it was damaged by an earthquake in Peshawar, Pakistan October 26, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS
A man wheels a body of a woman, who died in an earthquake, at the Lady Reading hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan, October 26, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERSReporter on ground: Peshawar’s strongest earthquake was like hell
A man with his belongings walks past the rubble of a house after it was damaged by an earthquake in Mingora, Swat, Pakistan October 26, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS
People remove debris of a damaged wall on Ashraf Road in Peshawar on October 26, 2015. PHOTO: EXPRESS / MUHAMMAD IQBAL
A Pakistani boy stands on the rubble of houses after an earthquake in Kohat on October 26, 2015. PHOTO: AFP‘I felt like this was the end’
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A Pakistani man injured in an earthquake sends message to a relative from a hospital in Peshawar on October 26, 2015. PHOTO: AFP
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Peshawar PHOTO: PPI ImagesHistoric Peshawar buildings shake and crack
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Residents walk past the rubble of a house after it was damaged by an earthquake in Mingora, Swat. PHOTO: REUTERS
Residents look at a damaged house following an earthquake in Peshawar. PHOTO: AFP
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Victims who were injured in an earthquake wait for treatment at a hospital in Peshawar. PHOTO: AFP
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