Murree victims: Punjab govt announces compensation

CM says provincial government equally shares the sorrow of the aggrieved families

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LAHORE:
The Punjab government announced financial assistance of Rs800,000 for the heirs of those died in the incident of a falling chair lift in Murree.
'Work on chairlift project to begin next year'

Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the provincial government equally shares the sorrow of the aggrieved families.
11 dead as chairlift cable snaps in Murree


It is worth mentioning that the incident of the falling chair lift occurred within the limits of Lora Police Station in Haveliyan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Those who died in the incident belonged to Rawalpindi or Islamabad.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, July 2nd, 2017.
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