ISLAMABAD: Two Pakistani aircraft carrying relief supplies have reached quake-hit Nepal to aid in relief efforts as further aftershocks jolt the neighbouring Himalayan nation, the Pakistani foreign office said on Sunday.
A spokesperson for the Pakistani foreign office said the aircraft may also bring between 10 to 15 Pakistani citizens back from Nepal.
Pakistan’s aircraft reached Nepal as rescuers in the mountainous country search frantically survivors of a massive 7.9-magnitude earthquake that have so far killed more than 2,000 people.
The USGS said a 6.7-magnitude aftershock struck again on Sunday Monday, with climbers reporting the tremor triggered more avalanches on Mount Everest.
The latest quake struck northeast of Kathmandu near the border with China at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), the US Geological Survey said.
The effects of the aftershocks were felt as far off as New Delhi in India and well as in Peshawar. No casualties or damages were reported from the tremors felt in Pakistan.
The News International Pakistan
