3 killed, 17 injured as bus plunges into lake in Pakistan's Punjab

STORY: 3 killed, 17 injured as bus plunges into lake in Pakistan's Punjab SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 9, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:39 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of scenes of accident STORYLINE: Three people were killed, and 17 others injured on Tuesday when a bus plunged into a lake in Bahawalpur district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, the rescue service reported. The dead included two males and a female, according to the rescue service. The rescue service said that the accident took place early morning in Nowshera Jadeed area of the district when a passenger bus overturned while taking a U-turn and fell into a dry lake, resulting in the death of three passengers on the spot. Upon receiving the information, rescue workers reached the site and shifted the victims to a local hospital, it added. The bus was reportedly traveling from the federal capital Islamabad to the southern port city of Karachi. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad.

China-Pakistan volunteer organization donates relief supplies to flood-hit areas in Pakistan

STORY: China-Pakistan volunteer organization donates relief supplies to flood-hit areas in Pakistan DATELINE: Sept. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China-Pakistan Youth Exchange Community donating goods 2. SOUNDBITE (English): RAJA SHAHAB SALEEM CHISHTI, Project manager of China-Pakistan Youth Exchange Community 3. various of flood-hit areas in Pakistan STORYLINE: As Pakistan's devastating floods have impacted millions of people, a volunteer organization has donated relief supplies to flood-hit areas in Pakistan. China-Pakistan Youth Exchange Community is composed of overseas Chinese, students and young people from Pakistan. They went to the city of Nowshera to deliver relief packages, including rice, flour and infant milk powder, to 300 families affected by the torrential rains and subsequent floods. In the city of Multan, volunteers sent tents, bedding, drinking water and other supplies to 80 hard-hit families and taught them how to set up simple

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PAKISTAN-NOWSHERA-RAIN-DAMAGE

(220907) -- NOWSHERA, Sept. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cattle are seen in flood water after heavy monsoon rain in northwest Pakistan's Nowshera on Sept. 6, 2022. At least 11 people were killed in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua)

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PAKISTAN-NOWSHERA-RAIN-DAMAGE

(220907) -- NOWSHERA, Sept. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A damaged building is seen after heavy monsoon rain in northwest Pakistan's Nowshera on Sept. 6, 2022. At least 11 people were killed in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua)

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PAKISTAN-NOWSHERA-RAIN-DAMAGE

(220907) -- NOWSHERA, Sept. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man clears debris of his damaged house after heavy monsoon rain in northwest Pakistan's Nowshera on Sept. 6, 2022. At least 11 people were killed in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua)

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PAKISTAN-NOWSHERA-RAIN-DAMAGE

(220907) -- NOWSHERA, Sept. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A girl is seen in her partially damaged house after heavy monsoon rain in northwest Pakistan's Nowshera on Sept. 6, 2022. At least 11 people were killed in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua)