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More than 200 inmates escape Pakistani jail in earthquake panic

Policemen make way for a prison van after a security raid at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party's headquarters in Islamabad on July 22, 2024. [AFP]

More than 200 Pakistani inmates escaped from a jail in the mega coastal city of Karachi on Tuesday after several earthquake tremors, government officials said.

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