ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan has extended deepest condolences and sympathies on the loss of human lives caused by the devastating earthquake in Iran and Iraq.
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook the mountainous Iran-Iraq border on Sunday night, killing at least 200 people and injuring further more than 1,000.
“The people and Government of Pakistan extend deepest condolences and sympathies on the grievous loss of precious human lives and injuries caused to hundreds of others by the devastating earthquake that jolted the bordering regions between Iran and Iraq on the night of 12th November 2017,” said a statement issued by the Foreign Office in Islamabad on Monday.
The statement said that the Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has conveyed that our thoughts and prayers are with the Iranian and Iraqi brothers who lost their lives in this tragic calamity and we pray for the speedy recovery of the injured.
“At this hour of their anguish and pain, the people and Government of Pakistan firmly stand by our Iranian and Iraqi brethren,” the statement said quoting the foreign minister’s remarks.
The US Geological Survey said that the earthquake hit 30 kilometres southwest of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan at around 1820 GMT on Sunday.
