Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for an emergency meeting a day after a deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
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According to the Dawn, National Disaster Management Chairman Major General Asghar Nawaz will brief Sharif about rescue and relief efforts.
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The meeting will be attended by Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa, Director-General Military Operations Major General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, Secretary Climate Change Arif Ahmed Khan and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, among others.
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The death toll from the earthquake has crossed 228.
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The toll is expected to rise as search teams reach remote areas that have been cut off due to landslides and destruction caused by the earthquake.
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