Bus overturns in Pakistan, 32 passengers killed March 23, 2013 - 11:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A bus has overturned on a highway in eastern Pakistan after hitting a roadside electricity pole, killing at least 32 passengers, The Associated Press reported. Senior police official Zulifiqar Cheema says 35 passengers were injured in the accident near the city of Sheikhura early Saturday. He says the apparent cause was driver negligence, as the bus was speeding. Cheema says the bus was traveling from Lahore to Faisalabad, an industrial city which lies in the eastern Punjab province. Road accidents are common in Pakistan because of poor infrastructure and routine disregard of traffic laws. On March 16, a bus carrying Pakistani soldiers fell into a ravine in the northwest, killing 24. Partner news  Top stories The international conference, backed by Russia and the U.S., aims to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria. Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post. Alkhatib said Assad should respond within 20 days and that he should then be given a month to dissolve parliament. Bağış said Istanbul’s unique status as a “peaceful coexistence of all cultures and religions” makes it a vital player in the EU.   Partner news |  Latest news International Arts Education Week ongoing in Armenia  Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova noted the program as a unique event reporting the achievements in the field.WB to support electronic control system launch in Prosecutor’s Office Armenia’s Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan met World Bank Country Manager for Armenia Jean-Michel Happi.Armenian-French decentralized cooperation conference due in fall Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan met with French ambassador Henri Reynaud.Google reportedly mulls buying map-software provider Waze Google has a widely used mapping tool and could adopt Waze’s technology to add social features to the software. |
