12 killed, 24 injured in Balochistan road accident — Pajhwok

KABUL (Pajhwok): At least 12 people have been killed and around 24 others wounded in a collision between two buses on the Quetta–Karachi highway in Balochistan, a media report said on Saturday. A passenger coach and a minibus collided in the Uthal area on Balochistan’s Quetta–Karachi highway on Friday, Dawn reported, quoting police. According to police, the coach was travelling from Gwadar to Karachi, while the minibus was heading from Bela to Karachi. Officials said seven people died at the scene, while five others succumbed to their injuries in hospital. They added that seven of the injured were in critical condition and that most of the casualties were among passengers travelling in the minibus. The incident occurred two days after a passenger bus overturned on the Indus Highway in Punjab’s Rajanpur district on Wednesday, killing 10 people and injuring 44 others, the report concluded.