Residents look as rescuers try to pull out the buss from the river. PHOTO: IZHAR ALI
The police said that the accident was caused due to reckless driving and the driver lost control of the steering while taking a blind turn.
DPO Kohistan Akbar Ali said that the bus was carrying 30 passengers – most of them military personnel of Northern Light Infantry Unit of Pakistan Army.
The dead, including Colonel Ikramul Haq and Lieutenant Sher Murad, were shifted to Gilgit while the injured were flown to Rawalpindi Combined Military Hospital.
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the passengers belonged to Gilgit and were travelling back home from Rawalpindi for vacations.
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Very heart rendering...May God give their families the strength and courage to bear such great loss. RIP.
@Gp65: Any on-duty person, not necessary a military personal, if dies while on duty - he is shaheed in Islam. For example, if a muslim doctor dies on his way to work/hospital and dies in a car accident, he is a shaheed.
That's the beauty of Islam. Hope it clears out our non-muslim friends' confusion. Only fallen in a battlefield are not shaheed. There are many other categories!
@Zaki Khalid: very good suggestion bro,
Really sad to hear this :( May they all rest in peace. Ameen.
Sad. RIP. Not sure how someone who dies in a road accident can be considered a martyr or shaheed?
Huge loss RIP ALL
@Noor Basha: Noor sahib,
I agree with you ~~~the driver may have been an experienced person at the wheel, Remember in the high mountain areas, roads are difficult to maintain. The roads must have been severely damaged by this year's snow & rain. Climatic conditions do make driving a bit risky.
In the high mountain areas road accidents occur under the best of conditions.
The LOSS of so many lives is a tragedy.
Are the civilians killed Shaheed?
really sad incident.i wonder y our chanels dnt use word SHAHEED for army and police people when they sacrifice thier life during duty.May Allah give patience to families who lost their beloved ones
Innalellahi wa inaellaihi rajoun !!! May Allah give courage to their families to bear the lose. May their souls rest in eternal peace!!! Ameen
@Zaki Khalid: can u clear your point of view ?
Initial reports suggest that the accident took place due to the driver’s negligence.# why these drivers are always blamed, has any body travelled from pindi to gilgit, and observe its obysmal condition. it is al due to the Govt neglegence and every body keeps mum on this point. hats off to the drivers that they place their lives in double joepardy and arrange to serve the nation .
Innalellahi wa inaellaihi rajeon
That's what happens when driving licenses are given out after Rs 500 bribe
@Zaki Khalid...In our country Martyr has been reserved for the political elite who sacrifice their lives in the pursuit of money and take no 1 position in looting the country
Correction: MARTYRED, not "killed".
"Security Personnel"means police, army or third party security staff? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Can we expect the ET to use specific language?
Very tragic!! Rest in peace.
Innalillahiwainaillahirajeon