Lower Kohistan | Pakistan

Eight members of a family died when a Rawalpindi-bound Suzuki car plunged into a deep ravine in the Matta Banda area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lower Kohistan district on Thursday afternoon, police said. Station House Officer (SHO) Buland Iqbal told Dawn.com: “A family was returning from Gilgit Baltistan … and experienced the accident in the Matta Banda area. Four children, their father, mother, and two female [relatives] died.” The SHO said the car fell from a height, killing all passengers on the spot. The bodies were retrieved by the local people and Rescue 1122 and moved to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Pattan, he added. Rescue 1122 district emergency officer Haroon Rasheed identified the adults as Asif Iqbal, Maimuna Iqbal, Ayesha Siddique and Bushra Iqbal. He said the deceased were residents of Rawalpindi. “Arrangements are being made to dispatch the bodies to Rawalpindi,” he told Dawn.com. Fatal accidents are common on roads in the mountainous regions of the country due to traffic rule violations, trea...