copying one pointer to other in C++

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    int a=5;
    int *p,*q;

    *p = a;
    *q = *p;  //line 6

    cout<<*p<<p<<*q<<q;

    return 0;
}

This program hangs. It seems the problem is on line 6. Why is that?