ISLAMABAD, Nov. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Pakistan government said on Wednesday that the death toll from the Oct. 8 earthquake has soared to 73,276, raising the figure by more than 16,000 from a day earlier.

    Major General Farooq Ahmad Khan, the relief chief, told a press conference here that another 69,260 people were injured by the 7.6-magnitude quake which devastated northern Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.

    Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday told the parliament thatthe death toll was more than 57,000. Enditem