8 tourists killed, 9 injured as van falls into ravine in northern Pakistan

STORY: 8 tourists killed, 9 injured as van falls into ravine in northern Pakistan DATELINE: July 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:36 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site 2. various of street views STORYLINE: A tourist van plunged into a ravine in Pakistan's northern Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region on Friday, killing eight people while injuring at least nine others, rescue and government officials said. The accident took place near the Babusar Pass area in the Diamer district of the GB region when the van tumbled off the road after colliding with a car, Shaukat Riaz, district coordinator of the state-run rescue organization Rescue 1122, told Xinhua. The van was on its way to Gilgit city of the GB region from Sahiwal district of the South Asian country's east Punjab province when the accident happened, the official added. Following the accident, rescue teams and local volunteers reached the site to do search and rescue work, and shifted the injured to a nearby hospital, police said. X

1 killed, 7 injured in train explosion in Pakistan's Punjab

STORY: 1 killed, 7 injured in train explosion in Pakistan's Punjab DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the explosion site 2. various of the rescue team 3. various of the explosion site STORYLINE: At least one passenger was killed and seven others were injured on Thursday in an explosion in a train in the Sahiwal district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, rescue service reported. According to the reports, the incident took place in the morning near Chichawatni railway station of the district when suddenly a blast occurred in a compartment, which killed a female passenger on the spot. Rescuers reached the site and shifted the dead and the five injured passengers to the hospital, the rescue service said. Two other injured were given first aid on the spot and were not required to be taken to the hospital, it added. The reason for the blast has not been found yet and a further investigation was underway, said the rescue service. The ill