9 labourers killed in Pakistan landslide

9 labourers killed in Pakistan landslide

PTIUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 03:22 AM IST
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Peshawar: A landslide triggered by rains buried a bus carrying workers on a dam project in the northwest Pakistan, killing nine of them. The tragic incident occurred on the Karakoram Highway in Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on Monday.

The locals, personnel of the administration, police and Dasu Hydro Power Project workers retrieved the bodies of the ill-fated labourers. The workers were on their way back to home when they were hit by the landslide.

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