Pakistani officials say at least 35 passengers have been killed and dozens more injured in two separate bus accidents that occurred hours apart.
A relative inside an ambulance, carries body of a child next to the body of his mother, who were killed as a passenger bus fell into a ravine, on the arrival at a hospital in Kahuta, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. – Two separate bus accidents hours apart in Pakistan on Sunday left at least 35 people dead and dozens more injured, officials said.
Hours later, 23 people were killed when a bus fell into a ravine in Kahuta district in the eastern Punjab province, police and officials said, including two women and a child. At least seven others were injured. Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in separate statements offered their condolences and expressed sorrow over the two accidents. They asked authorities to ensure the provision of the best medical treatment for the injured pilgrims.while heading to Iraq. A Pakistani military plane flew the bodies of the victims home on Saturday to be buried in the southern Sindh province.
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