Five killed in Karak road accident
July 17, 2021
KARAK: Five passengers were killed and 12 including a woman were injured when a passenger bus going from Karachi to Swat collided with a truck on Indus Highway near Nashpa dehydration plant here early Friday morning.
Police said that a Swat-bound bus collided with a truck when the driver lost control over the steering and as a result, five passengers identified as Sardar Wali, a resident of Bhakar, Ghulam Rabbani, a resident of DI Khan, Hamza, a resident of Bahawalpur, and Sameen Ahmad, a resident of Peshawar, were killed. The name of the fifth deceased could not be ascertained as the bodies and injuries have been shifted to Divisional Headquarters Hospital at Kohat.
KARAK: Five persons were killed and 12 injured when a passenger bus going to Swat from Karachi collided with a truck on the Indus Highway here on Friday morning.
Police officials said the accident occurred near Nashpa dehydration plant when the bus driver lost control over the vehicle due to over-speeding.
They said five passengers died on the spot, who were identified as Sardar Wali of Bhakkar, Ghulam Rabbani of D.I Khan, Hamza of Bahawalpur and Sameen Ahmad of Peshawar.
The name of the fifth deceased could not be ascertained. The bodies and the injured were shifted to hospitals in Kohat.
He said up to 2,000 of those families had fled to Kabul and other provinces.
Many people took refuge in a school in the city and had been provided with food and other relief items, Kunduz provincial council member Ghulam Rabbani Rabbani said.
Video footage taken by AFP showed dozens of people, many of them women and children, sitting inside tents set up in a school compound. We are six families living together here for three days. you can see my children are sitting on the ground, Juma Khan, who fled with his family, told AFP. We have still not received any help. A team came today to survey some families but after a few minutes they left, said Akhtar Mohammad, who has also taken refuge in the school.
KUNDUZ: About 5,000 Afghan families have fled their homes in Kunduz after days of fighting between the Taliban and government forces, officials said Saturday, with the insurgents continuing to.