21 killed in Pak road accident


Islamabad, March 9 (IANS): At least 21 people were killed while four others injured on Monday after a passenger van travelling from Rawalpindi to Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, fell into a river, police said.

Gilgit-Baltistan government spokesman Faizullah Faraq said the victims included two children, Dawn news reported.

The spokesman added that Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Hafiz Hafeez ur Rehman has given orders for an investigation into the incident.

  

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