20 killed in bus accident in Pakistan

At least 20 passengers were killed and 21 others injured when a bus skidded off the strategic Karakoram Highway in Pakistan and plunged into a ravine on Friday, police said.

The incident occurred in the mountainous terrain around 5:30 am in



Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district when the bus was on its way from Rawalpindi to Gilgit, a police official said.

The driver lost control of the vehicle which then overturned and landed near the banks of the Indus River which runs along the highway, the official said.