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By Charlotte Greenfield HUNZA, Pakistan (Reuters) - On the steep slope of a glacier jutting through the Hunza valley in Pakistan's mountainous far nor.
With 800,000 people living less than 15 kilometers from a glacier, Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable nations in the world to glacial lake floods. A project funded by the United Nations aims to assist populations downstream of melting glaciers.
A man lost his life and another sustained serious injuries as a speeding car overturned in Defence Housing Authority on Friday.This added to the grim toll of over 600 lives lost in road accidents.