Aftershocks rattle quake-hit areas again
Staff Report

ISLAMABAD—An earthquake measuring 5.9 to six on the Richter scale rocked different parts of Pakistan including Islamabad on Sunday night forcing people to scamper out of their houses. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage to properties. The mountainous cities today’s quake sent tremors to including Peshawar, Mansehra, Basham and Gilgat.
With the latest quake jolts the people who had hardly begun to recover from the pain of the earthquake of October’s first week, are now experiencing increased panic. Severe tremors of 6.0 magnetite on Richter scale jolted Islamabad and Rawalpindi at around 8:07 p.m adding more to the fright and fear amongst the people of the twin cities.
Two moderate aftershocks rattled Pakistan’s northern areas earlier in the day. Two tremors of 5.2 hit Mansehra town in North West frontier province. The people should remove confusion from their minds and come out of fear in view of the fact that frequency of aftershocks is decreasing gradually and reducing the chances of another major earthquake to occur in the same region.
“There is nothing to be worried about now as aftershocks has decreased the chances of any massive earthquake in the same region in the near future,” said Director General Metrological Department Qamar Zaman Chaudhry in a press conference here Sunday. He requested the people not to pay any heed to rumours about earthquake as there is no technology or instrumentation available in the world which can predict earthquakes with specific date, time and place.