PESHAWAR: At least 16 people were killed and 22 others injured yesterday when a passenger bus collided with a lorry in a mountainous area of northwestern Pakistan, officials said.
The accident happened as the bus travelled from the port city of Karachi to the northwestern town of Swabi in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The driver lost control as he was overtaking a lorry on a sharp bend when another bus appeared from the opposite direction, local administration chief Sajjad Khan said by telephone.
“The driver tried to avert a collision with the bus and smashed into the lorry which he had been overtaking,” Khan said quoting wounded passengers. “At least 16 people were killed and 22 wounded, including women and children.”
He said Ispeena in the Karak district, where the accident took place, was very dangerous with drivers going to fast.
“We have one or two fatal accidents every week because drivers while descending usually lose control,” he said. Pakistan has one of the world’s worst records for fatal traffic accidents, blamed on poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving.
Woman kills husband for ‘honour’
LAHORE: A woman of the Raiwind, a city near Lahore, has confessed to killing her husband and the reason stated by her is alleged affair of her husband with her sister.
Superintendent of Police (investigation) Hamad Raza told reporters yesterday that on Thursday Sheikhum police had found a body and invited the people through the public address system of mosques to identify it.
The deceased was identified as Ghulam Nabi, of Three-Marla Scheme of Raiwind. Police interrogated mariam Bibi, the widow, who confessed that she with her brother Bota had murdered Nabi.
She said they had murdered him with a sharp edged weapon to avenge his illicit relations with her younger sister. Agencies
