Why are there earthquakes in Pakistan but no volcanoes?

Answer 1

There are two main tectonic settings in which volcanoes occur: at divergent boundaries, where two plates pull apart, and at subduction zones, where two plates collide and one plunges into the mantle. Subduction can only occur if one or both of the colliding plates consist of oceanic crust. In Pakistan two types of plate boundary. The first is a transform boundary, as the plates grind against each other without moving together or apart. The second, in northern Pakistan, is where India is colliding with the rest of Asia. The stress generated along these boundaries is enough to cause earthquakes, but there is no mechanism for creating volcanoes.