17 Pilgrims Dead, 38 Injured as Bus Falls Into Ravine in Pakistan

At least 17 persons died and 38 others were injured when a bus carrying pilgrims fell into a deep ravine near the border of Pakistan’s Sindh and Balochistan provinces.

The ill-fated bus was transporting pilgrims to the remote Muslim Sufi shrine Shah Noorani in the Khuzdar district of Balochistan. The bus met with the accident near the Hub town on Wednesday, at a distance of almost 100 kilometres from Karachi. All the passengers belonged to Thatta town in the Sindh province.

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said the driver apparently lost control at a bend and the bus fell into the ravine.

The bus left Thatta at around 2 pm on Eid day and met with the accident around 8 pm.

The dead and injured were taken to the Civil Hospital in Karachi. Some of the deceased belong to the same families.