it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 8am in singapore, and 5am in islamabad. there is relief across pakistan. six children and two adults who got stuck in a cable car above a ravine in the north west of the country are rescued. the group was left dangling hundreds of feet in the air for more than 1a hours after a cable snapped. the military tried to reach them, first with helicopters, then with zip wires. huge crowds gathered to watch the rescue attempts. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has the story. shouting. through the darkness and forest, the sight the crowds had been hoping, waiting and praying for strapped to the cable, the final rescue, waiting arms and shouts of god is great.
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and rescue teams using zip wires. the group were on their way to school in the north west of the country when a cable snapped, trapping them hundreds of metres in the air as rescuers battled high winds to bring them to safety. let s talk to our correspondent farhat javed who s in islamabad for us. there was pictures yesterday were extraordinary, people following every single move and thankfully, it all ended well for the eight people who were rescued. do we know what they are, what condition they are in today? they are, what condition they are in toda ? , ., , ., they are, what condition they are in toda ? , . , ., . today? yes, it was a huge day in pakistan- today? yes, it was a huge day in pakistan. the today? yes, it was a huge day in pakistan. the fear today? yes, it was a huge day in pakistan. the fear and today? yes, it was a huge day in i pakistan. the fear and uncertainty whether these children would be saved at the end of the day or not. it all changed into so much ha
one boy in white here, his legs dangling as he swung from the end of a rope. daylight lost, the helicopters could no longer operate. instead, rescue workers and locals used to zip wires to try to save those remaining. they worked late into the night. relief as person after person made it back. this afternoon police arrested the owner and operator of the cable car, investigated for endangering lives and not having a government permit to run the cable car. villagers still in shock. with no way across the valley, the only route hours by road, remote villages out of reach. the empty chassis still dangles. a reminder of how close disaster came. caroline davies, bbc news, pakistan.
what she said was substantial evidence pointing to their innocence. but she didn t provide any detail or respond to the specific allegations that we raised. defense lawyers are expected to challenge the prosecution evidence in a pre trial hearing later this month. there s relief in pakistan following the successful rescue of all eight people trapped in a broken cable car that had been dangling over a ravine. most were extracted by local people and rescue teams using zip wires. the group were on their way to school in the north west of the country when a cable snapped, trapping them hundreds of metres in the air as rescuers battled high winds to bring them to safety. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies joined us from islamabad to tell us more. well, we ve heard so far that when they arrived and they were able to land back on solid earth, that they were given medical checks. and since then, we haven t been told of anyone being taken to hospital or additional medical attention n