Bhimber\Gilgit
A young girl drowned while trying to take a selfie during a family picnic in Azad Kashmir’s area Bhimber. Her father and cousin died trying to save her. The family was from Jhang and had come to the waterfall for a picnic.
Fifteen-year-old Komal was standing near the water, trying to take a picture, when she fell in. Her father Munawar Hussain and cousin Nasira jumped in to save her but also drowned. Local residents and rescue teams retrieved the bodies and sent them to the nearest hospital.
Gilgit: At least five people died and five others injured in different areas of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) on Friday.
The first accident took place in Haramosh Jutial where a vehicle fell into stream after cable of a suspension bridge broke. Three people were swept away by the gushing water of stream while five were injured, rescued and shifted to hospital. Search for bodies was underway. A Rawalpindi bound passenger bus coming from district Ghizer skidded off road while trying to another vehicle at Karrakurram Highway near Alam Bridge resultantly a woman and a young girl died on the spot.—INP
