15 killed, 22 injured in road accident in northern Pakistan

STORY: 15 killed, 22 injured in road accident in northern Pakistan SHOOTING TIME: May 3, 2024 DATELINE: May 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the car accident in northern Pakistan on May 3, 2024 STORYLINE: At least 15 people were killed and 22 others injured on Friday morning after a passenger bus fell into a ravine in the Diamir district of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region in northern Pakistan, an official told Xinhua. The spokesperson for GB Chief Minister Faizullah Faraq told Xinhua that the accident bus fell into the ravine while taking a sharp turn in the Yashoo Kheal Das area. Police and rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted 15 bodies and the 22 injured to a nearby hospital, including children and women. The official feared that the death toll might rise as several of the injured were in critical condition and some passengers were still trapped in the bus. The spokesperson added that the bus was heading towards Hunza district from the country'

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PAKISTAN-HUNZA-BIRD

(230930) -- HUNZA, Sept. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A blue tailed bee-eater is pictured in Hunza, Pakistan's northern Gilgit-Baltistan region on Sept. 28, 2023. (Photo by Pharahnaz Naveed/Xinhua)

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PAKISTAN-CHINA-TOURISM

(230103) -- ISLAMABAD, Jan. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 17, 2020 shows a view of the old city of Hunza valley in Pakistan's northern Gilgit-Baltistan region. TO GO WITH "Interview: Pakistan-China year of tourism to greatly boost tourism cooperation, says Pakistani official" (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

Farmer grows Japanese apples in northern Pakistani village

Farmer grows Japanese apples in northern Pakistani village

A Pakistani farmer stands in his orchard which grows a Japanese variety of apples in Mor Khun, a Hunza Valley village in the country's north, on Aug. 11, 2016. Cultivation of Japanese-variety apples began in the area in the late 2000s after Japanese diplomats in Pakistan brought saplings from a town in Nagano Prefecture, a leading apple-producing region in central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Pakistani farmer grows Japanese apples

Pakistani farmer grows Japanese apples

A Pakistani farmer (C) poses with his family members in his orchard which grows Japanese variety apples in Mor Khun, a Hunza Valley village in the country's north, on Aug. 11, 2016. Cultivation of Japanese variety apples began in the area in the late 2000s after Japanese diplomats in Pakistan brought saplings from a town in Nagano Prefecture, a leading apple-producing region in central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Museum curator speaks on history of education in Pakistan's Hunza

Museum curator speaks on history of education in Pakistan's Hunza

Sher Baz Kaleem, manager of the Baltit Fort Hunza historical museum in the mountainous Hunza valley in northern Pakistan, speaks in an interview in the central Hunza city of Karimabad on Aug. 10, 2015. He says education was the only step in the region to overcome poverty and that many who studied abroad returned to Hunza to become teachers at local schools. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Students pose at school in high-enrollment Pakistani area

Students pose at school in high-enrollment Pakistani area

Students pose for photos at Hasegawa Memorial Public School in Karimabad in the mountainous Hunza valley in northern Pakistan on Aug. 10, 2015. The school, named after Japanese climber Tsuneo Hasegawa who was killed in an avalanche in the region in 1991, said that almost all children are enrolled in school in Hunza, whereas the enrollment rate in a typical rural area in Pakistan can be as low as 10 percent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

High attendance rates at school in northern Pakistan valley

High attendance rates at school in northern Pakistan valley

Female students listen to their teacher at Hasegawa Memorial Public School in Karimabad in the mountainous Hunza valley in northern Pakistan on Aug. 10, 2015. The school, named after Japanese climber Tsuneo Hasegawa who was killed in an avalanche in the region in 1991, said that almost all children are enrolled in school in Hunza, whereas the enrollment rate in a typical rural area in Pakistan can be as low as 10 percent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

China-Pakistan border at Khunjerab Pass

China-Pakistan border at Khunjerab Pass

Photo taken in September 2018 shows the Hunza Valley in Karimabad, northern Pakistan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo