Tuesday 29 / April / 2025
Sixteen people were killed when a passenger bus got hit by land sliding in Skardu district of Pakistan's northern Gilgit-Baltistan region Sunday morning.
The bus was on its way to Skardu from east Rawalpindi district when it was struck by the land sliding at about 3:00 a.m. local time.
Passengers were local residents of Skardu who were returning home from Rawalpindi, and all onboard got killed and their bodies have been retrieved from the rubbles.
According to Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Skardu Anas Iqbal, the bodies have been shifted to a nearby hospital from where they will be handed over to their relatives.
