Pakistan's top cricketers have dug into their pockets to help the flood relief effort in the country.Players and officials on the national team agreed to donate bonuses totalling $54,400 (£35,000; 4.6m rupees).
They pledged half their bonuses after beating England in the third Test last week, the Pakistan Cricket Board said.
The rare good news came as an earthquake in the Hindu Kush mountains rocked parts of the country, although there were no reports of casualties.
Tuesday's 5.2 magnitude tremor shook the Swat Valley and regions close to Hindu Kush, Zahid Rafi, director of the seismic centre at Pakistan's meteorological department, told the AFP news agency.
As flood waters were predicted to rise further in some areas, Pakistan's leaders held high-level talks aimed at preventing a mass health crisis.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said the government was "seriously concerned" about the potential spread of epidemic diseases in the flood-hit country.
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