14 killed in wedding party bus accident in Pakistan

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Pakistan officials say at least 14 members of a wedding party, including children, died when the bus that was taking them back to Lahore from Islamabad fell into a ravine and overturned.

Dawn, a Pakistani newspaper, reported that 64 people were injured in the accident Sunday night that happened on a dangerous stretch of a highway near Kallar Kahar.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his sympathies to the families and has ordered authorities to provide the injured with the best medical care. – gb

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