Arif Mahmood, Director General of Pakistan Meteorological Office, said the tremors were felt for about 20 to 25 seconds in the country, adding that the earthquake is likely to be followed by aftershocks.
Elsewhere in the northwest, security forces killed three militants and arrested two others who were holed up with weapons in a house in Mingora, the main town in the Swat Valley, said army spokesman Col. Arif Mahmood. Two of the militants were shot dead overnight by security forces, and the third bl