DERA GHAZI KHAN: At least 19 passengers were killed and 40 others injured when a Karachi-bound air-conditioned coach collided head-on with another bus near Ghazi Ghat on Dera Multan Road Sunday night.

The local population rescued the victims and shifted the bodies and the injured to the District Headquarters Hospital. Low number of ambulances hindered the rescue operation, which continued for around two hours. A good number of people also donated blood for the injured.

The police officials said that dead include Pappa son of Khuda Bakhash, Allah Ditta, Maryam Hussain Mitho Khan, Tahir, Hussain, Jaafar Hussain, Mohammad Yousaf, while the rest of the bodies were yet to be identified. Most of the dead and the injured belonged to Muzaffargarh and Dera Ghazi Khan.

APP add: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday expressed deep grief over the loss of lives in a traffic accident which took place in Dera Ghazi Khan.

The prime minister sympathized with the bereaved families and prayed for early recovery of the injured, said a PM Office statement.

He also directed the authorities concerned to extend all-out medical facilities for the treatment of the injured people. </s> At least 19 people reportedly lost their lives and more than 40 others were injured when two passenger coaches collided with each other near Pull Ghazi Ghat area of Dera Ghazi Khan on Sunday.

According to the rescue and police officials, 15 people died on the spot while the injured were shifted to the nearby hospitals where four people succumbed to their injuries.

Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Dr Arif Alvi have expressed grief and sorrow over the tragic incident in Dera Ghazi Khan, Radio Pakistan reported.

In a statement, they expressed sympathy and condoled with the bereaved families. They also directed the local authorities to provide best medical assistance to the injured passengers.

Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar also condoled over the loss of precious lives in the tragic incident. </s> Thirteen people were killed as two passengers buses collided on Dera Ghazi Khan’s Multan Road.

The accident occurred on Sunday. At least 40 people have been injured.

One of the buses was travelling from Muzaffargarh to Karachi, while the other from DG Khan to Multan. The passengers were travelling to Multan to attend the Chelum of Imam Hussain (RA).

The injured have been shifted to Teaching Hospital.

On July 16, at least 18 people were killed when a truck crashed into a parked bus near Hala. The long-haul truck slammed into the back of the bus, which was stopped on the side of the national highway with a flat tyre near Hyderabad.

Several passengers were on the side of the road during the incident as the driver sought help to change the tyre, while others were waiting inside the vehicle. </s> At least 19 people have been killed and 35 injured after two buses collided in eastern Punjab province, Pakistani police say.

Officer Imran Yaqoob says the collision took place on Sunday night over a bridge near the city of Dera Ghazi Khan.

The death toll could increase as many of the injured are in a critical condition, he said.

Yaqoob said both buses were speeding when they collided. He added that most of the victims, including women and children, were from one extended family travelling from Dera Ghazi Khan to Multan.

Traffic accidents are common in Pakistan where motorists largely disregard traffic rules and ignore safety standards. </s> DERA GHAZI KHAN - At least 19 people were killed and 45 injured in an accident at Multan Road near Darhama police station in Dera Ghazi Khan on Sunday night.

According to Rescue 1122, two buses collided with each other, killing nine passengers on the spot while 10 others succumbed to their injuries in the DHQ hospital.

Rescue 1122 sources stated that 10 passengers were given first aid treatment on the spot. Dr Natiq Hayat, District Emergency Officer DG Khan , said 35 injured were shifted to trauma centre.

On receiving the information, DG Khan Commissioner Tahir Khursheed and Deputy Commissioner Ali Akbar Bhatti reached the hospital to inquire after the injured persons.

President Dr Arif Alvi expressed deep grief and sorrow over the deaths in the road accident in Dera Ghazi Khan. The president prayed for courage to the bereaved families to bear the loss and early recovery of the injured.

He also directed the authorities concerned to extend the best possible medical facilities to the injured for their treatment.

Prime Minister Imran Khan also expressed deep grief over the loss of lives in the traffic accident. The prime minister sympathised with the bereaved families and prayed for early recovery of the injured, said a PM Office statement issued in Islamabad. He also directed the authorities concerned to extend all-out medical facilities for the treatment of the injured people.

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar expressed a deep sense of sorrow and grief over the loss of precious human lives in the accident.

In a condolence message, the chief minister expressed condolences and sympathies with the heirs of the bereaved families. He directed the commissioner and RPO to immediately reach the spot. He also directed the hospital administration to provide best treatment facilities to the injured. </s> Pakistani police say at least 19 people have been killed and 35 injured after two buses collided in the eastern province of Punjab.

Officer Imran Yaqoob said the collision took place late on October 21 over a bridge near the city of Dera Ghazi Khan, some 450 kilometers west of the provincial capital, Lahore.

Yaqoob said the death toll could increase as many of the wounded were in critical condition.

Yaqoob said both buses were speeding when they collided.

Local officials said 15 people were killed on impact, while four other succumbed to their injuries in hospital.

Traffic accidents are common in Pakistan, where poor road conditions, poorly maintained vehicles, and disregard for safety standards and traffic rules by drivers cause more than 5,000 deaths every year, according to government statistics.

Based on reporting by AP and Dawn </s> At least 19 people were killed and over 40 others injured in a head-on collision between two passenger buses in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Sunday night, police and media said. According to reports, the accident happened on Multan road in Dera Ghazi Khan district, reports Xinhua news agency.

One of the passenger buses was completely destroyed in the accident, reported TV channel ARY News, adding that the bodies of the dead and injured were retrieved after cutting parts of the buses.

A hospital official said the death toll might further rise as several injured were in critical condition.

Police officials in the area said the accident happened due to speeding and negligence of one of the bus drivers.

According to official data, around 9,000 road accidents are reported every year in Pakistan, claiming more than 4,500 lives on average annually. </s> Two passenger buses collided head on in Pakistan’s Punjab province, killing at least 19 people and injuring over 40 others, police said on Monday. The accident happened on Sunday night near Ghazi Ghaat area.

Nineteen people, including 13 from same extended family of Multan were killed in the tragedy, police said. The injured were shifted to various hospitals by the rescue teams. According to the police, the immediate cause of the accident was not known.

Road accidents are common in Pakistan. Most of the mishaps are caused due to reckless driving and bad roads. Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed grief and sorrow over the tragic incident, expressing sympathy and condoled with the bereaved families.

He also directed to provide the best medical assistance to the injured passengers. Punjab chief minister Usman Buzdar also condoled over the loss of precious lives in the tragic incident. </s> MULTAN, Pakistan -- Two passenger buses collided head-on in central Pakistan on Monday, killing 25 people and injuring 69, officials said.

The accident, which occurred on a dangerous curve in Khanpur town in Rahim Yar Khan district, was likely caused by speeding, said police official Jamshid Shah.

Several children, college students and women were among the victims, Shah said. He said police and rescue officials were using cutters to retrieve bodies trapped inside the two buses.

Dr. Tasleem Kamran at a government hospital said the injured were being treated. Nearly 40 were reported to be in critical condition, she said. "We have declared an emergency. We desperately need blood," she said.

Local TV footage showed ambulances and rescue officials rushing the injured persons to hospitals.

Before the rescuers and police arrived, resident Waqar Ahmad said townspeople, who heard the sound of the crash, arrived at the scene and started pulling the victims out of the wreckage. "We thought some bomb had exploded," Ahmad said.

Jamila Bibi, 60, was travelling in one of the buses, taking her 9-year-old son Faisal Ali at his school.

The driver was reckless, Bibi said. "We protested and asked him to slow down," she told The Associated Press by phone from her hospital bed.

At one point, all the passengers stood up and asked the driver to slow down or halt, but he didn't listen to anyone. Instead, she said, the driver told the passengers that anyone who was afraid could get off the vehicle.

Bibi suffered minor injuries but said that her son was badly injured and was fighting for his life.

Deadly road accidents are common in Pakistan, mainly because of bad road infrastructure and reckless driving. </s> At least 30 people were killed when two buses collided in a head-on crash in Pakistan.

Police said speeding on a dangerous curve seemed to be the cause of the accident in the Rahim Yar Khan district on Monday.

Women and children are among the dead and another 69 are thought to be injured.

Deadly road accidents are common in Pakistan, mainly because of bad road infrastructure and reckless driving habits.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed "deep grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives".
Two passenger buses collide in the city of Dera Ghazi Khan, in the Punjab Province of Pakistan, resulting in 19 deaths and 40 injuries.