At least 25 people were killed on Tuesday when a passenger bus fell into a ditch after it collided with an abandoned vehicle near the Harban area of Upper Kohistan on the Karakoram Highway in Khyber-Pakhtunkwa. According to Express News, the accident took place when the bus travelling from Gilgit …
Read More »Army conducts daring rescue op to save citizen in Kohistan | The Express Tribune
In an extremely dangerous and challenging situation Pakistan army aviation pilots rescued a stranded individual surrounded in flood waters in Kohistan area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Hazara division on Sunday, the military said in a statement. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an emergency call was made by the Kohistan administration. “Responding …
Read More »Kohistan’s only college in a state of neglect | The Express Tribune
KOHISTAN: The only government college for boys in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) upper Kohistan district is in a state of neglect, with the campus having lacked basic facilities. The Communications and Works Department had handed over the building to the education department in an unfinished condition. The college building lacks a proper …
Read More »Kohistan bus tragedy not act of terror: FM Qureshi | The Express Tribune
KARACHI: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has told his Chinese counterpart that Wednesday’s deadly bus tragedy in Kohistan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa was an accident, and not a terrorist attack. At least 13 people – nine Chinese nationals and four Pakistanis – were killed and more than two dozen others wounded …
Read More »‘Traces of explosives’ found in Dasu bus tragedy probe | The Express Tribune
KARACHI: The federal information minister has sought to demystify ambiguity around a deadly bus tragedy involving Chinese engineers a day after a frenzied media guessing game on the possible causes of the fatal cash. At least 13 people – nine Chinese nationals and four Pakistanis – were killed and more …
Read More »At least 13 die in Upper Kohistan bus ‘mishap’ | The Express Tribune
PESHAWAR: At least 13 people, including nine Chinese workers, died on Wednesday when the bus they were travelling in reportedly met an accident in the Kohistan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The bus was ferrying workers of the Dasu dam project and scores of other passengers were injured in the mishap, according to area officials. …
Read More »At least 13, including Chinese, die in Kohistan bus ‘attack’ | The Express Tribune
PESHAWAR: At least 13 people, including nine Chinese workers, died on Wednesday when the bus they were travelling in reportedly met an accident in the Kohistan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The bus was ferrying workers of the Dasu dam project. According to area officials, scores of passengers were also injured in …
Read More »At least 12, including Chinese, die in Kohistan bus ‘blast’ | The Express Tribune
PESHAWAR: At least 12 people, including nine Chinese workers, were killed on Wednesday when the bus they were travelling in was struck by a ‘blast’ in the Kohistan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The bus was ferrying workers of the Dasu dam project. According to area officials, multiple passengers were also injured …
Read More »17 die after passenger van plunges into river in Kohistan | The Express Tribune
KOHISTAN: At least 17 people including 14 members of a family were killed on Monday after a passenger van plunged into a river in Upper Kohistan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The van was en route to Rawalpindi from Chilas city of Gilgit-Baltistan when the accident happened. Body of a woman has …
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