The 14th anniversary of October 8, 2005 quake victims is being observed across Pakistan including Azad Jammu and Kashmir today.
The 7.6 magnitude earthquake jolted Azad Kashmir and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at 8:52 am on the morning of October 8. Muzaffarabad and the entire region to Balakot were left virtually unrecognizable when the earth stopped shaking. Aproxematly 87,350 were dead while over 138,000 were injured and over 3.5 million rendered homeless.
Special prayers will be offered at the end of the programs in the evening.
There is a public holiday in AJK today. One minute silence will be observed at all District Headquarters at 8.54 am.
