A strong earthquake of reportedly 6.4 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted different parts of the country on Friday night.
The tremors were felt in the federal capital and cities across Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), including Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Mardan, North Waziristan, Swat, Multan, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Lahore and adjoining areas.
No losses of property or lives have so far been reported.
However, panic spread amid the tremors as people were seen evacuating their houses and other buildings, reciting the Kalma.
The epicenter of the quake is being reported as Tajikistan.
Citizens have been advised to remain careful as the aftershocks of the earthquake are expected.
