16 die as landslide hits Skardu van

SKARDU: A Skardu-bound passenger van was hit by a landslide at Tangoos area in Gilgit-Baltistan and plunged into a deep ravine, leaving 16 people dead in the wee hours of Sunday.

According to rescue and official sources, all the bodies had been retrieved from the debris. The ill-fated passenger van was travelling from Rawalpindi to Skardu when the incident occurred at around 3 am.

Following the receipt of information, the teams of Rescue 1122, police and Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) had been engaged in rescue and relief operation.