January 8, 2022
At least 16 people dead after being stranded in Murree snowfall: Sheikh Rashid
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that around 16 to 19 people had died after their cars were stranded because of snowfall and traffic congestion in Murree. In a video message, he said tourists flocked to the hill station in such large numbers “for the first time in 15 to 20 years which created a big crisis”. The administrations of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, along with police, had been working to rescue the stranded people, while five platoons of the Pakistan Army, as well as Rangers and Frontier Corps, have been called on an emergency basis, he added. Around 1,000
