00:01At least 40 people were killed and eight others injured after a passenger bus plunged into
00:06a deep ravine in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Friday.
00:12Deputy Commissioner Hazrat Wali Khakar said the crash occurred along the Job Sharani Highway
00:17in the mountainous Dhanasar area of Sharani District after the driver reportedly lost
00:22control of the bus while negotiating a bend.
00:25The bus had departed from Kedah and was traveling to Peshawar.
00:29It was carrying 36 passengers when it left Kedah, before picking up several more passengers
00:35along the route.
00:36Police and rescue teams from neighboring districts took more than two hours to reach the crash
00:40site due to the difficult terrain before evacuating the injured and recovering the victims.
00:46Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari also conveyed his sympathies, directing authorities
00:52to provide the best possible medical care for the injured while reaffirming the nation's
00:57support for the affected families.
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