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Pak quake toll touches 78,000

Muzaffarabad, October 19
New casualty figures have pushed the earthquake death toll in Pakistan to nearly 78,000, regional officials said today.

Asif Iqbal Daudzai, Information Minister for Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, today said that 37,958 persons died in the province and at least 23,172 were injured, the vast majority of them in Mansehra district. — AP