At least two people were killed and six got injured as a 6.8 magnitude earthquake, jolted parts of Pakistan being the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan on Tuesday jolted parts of Pakistan, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD).
Stating from the US Geological Survey, the quake rocked Afghanistan and parts of India as well, including the capital New Delhi, adding that the quake’s epicentre was 40 kilometres south-southeast of the Afghan town of Jurm .
Earthquake tremors were felt in Islamabad, Peshawar, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Kohat, Lakki Marwat, Dera Ismail Khan, South Waziristan and other areas of the country. 
The Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has however ordered the National Disaster Management Authority and other institutions to be ready to deal with any emergency.A spokesperson for the Ministry of National Health Services said that major government hospitals will remain on high alert in Islamabad, adding that the alert was issued to the hospitals on Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel’s direction, according to Dawn.
The minister also directed the administration of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences and the Federal Government Polyclinic to ensure all necessary arrangements in this regard.
