MURREE, (Pakistan Point News - APP - 29th Jun, 2017 ) : At least 12 persons were killed and two were injured when a cable car (doli) installed by local villagers broke down and fell at Charra Pani in the area of Galiyat region on Thursday. The cable car, installed over a nullah between Charra Pani and Banwari in Hazara, fell in a ditch about 500 feet below. "There was a strong wind which led to the cable breaking and falling," an eyewitness, Omair, told APP.

He said lift was the only access for the villagers to reach their destination. Most of the villagers avail this mode of travel for reaching other side of the area. The injured were taken to Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, rescue sources said, adding that the 12 persons had died on the spot. The bodies of the victims have been handed over to their families, including a woman and a child, a rescue official told APP. Another eye witness of incident said that the deceased were players of a local cricket team, departing to participate in cricket tournament in KPK region arranged by the locals.

The doly was over crowded, carrying more passengers than its capacity an eye witness said. The doli can accomodate eight persons, while fourteen passengers were on board, he added. According to reports locals used the cable car for travel between two villages from Charra Pani to Banwari. The cable car was installed by locals without approval from the concerned departments. Another doli is being used to travel from Tret to Dannah village.

Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Talat Mehmood Gondal said the incident took place in Abbottabad district which is part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the provincial government would be answerable about the incident. "We received a call of the accident taking place and Rescue 1122 along with District Rawalpindi rescue teams were immediately mobilized and started rescue operation, the DC added. A spokesperson for Galiyat Development Authority said the main chairlift in Ayubia had not been affected and is operating as per routine.

Meanwhile the families of the victims blamed 'substandard cable car' and the district administration for the tragedy and blocked the main road in protest. The demonstration resulted in creating a massive traffic jam in the already tourist-congested hill station. Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday expressed grief over the loss of lives over the accident of their cable car.</s>At least 12 people died and two were injured when a cable car ‘doli’ installed by local villagers broke away from the wires and fell at Charra Pani in the Galiyat region of northern Pakistan on Thursday, Geo News reports citing rescue officials.

"There was a strong wind which led to the cable car breaking and falling,” an eyewitness, Omair, told Geo News.

The injured were taken to Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, rescue sources said, adding that the 12 deceased had died on the spot. The bodies of the victims have been handed over to their families.

According to reports, the cable car was installed by locals without approval from the concerned departments. It was being used to travel from Tret to Dannah village.</s>At least 11 people died and two were injured when a cable car ‘doli’ installed by local villagers broke away from the wires and fell at Chharra Pani in the Galiyat region on Thursday, rescue officials said.

 The ‘doli’ cable car was situated over a nullah (drain) between Chharra Pani and Banwari, Hazara.

 “There was a strong wind which led to the cable car breaking and falling,” an eyewitness said. The injured were taken to Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, rescue sources said, adding that the 11 had died on the spot. The bodies of the victims have been handed over to their families.

 According to reports locals used the cable car to travel between two villages.

 According to reports, the cable car was installed by locals without approval from the departments concerned. It was being used to travel from Tret to Dannah village.

 The wounded were shifted to Holy Family Hospital where they succumbed to injuries leaving the death toll rise to 12. The injured who died at the hospital include 23-year Muhammed Haseeb and Muhammed Adnan.

 Later, the relatives and bereaved families staged a protest with the bodies placed on the road.

 According to rescuers, the cable car was being used for transportation between Sharafani in Punjab and Banwari in KP. The cable car was the only source of transportation between the two hilly areas as there are no roads connecting the two, they said.

 When asked if the cable car was being used for commercial purposes, Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Talat Mehmood Gondal said the incident took place in Abbottabad district which is part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the provincial government would be able to answer this question.

 “We received a call of the accident taking place and Rescue 1122 immediately mobilised and the rescue operation was completed at the earliest,” Talat Mehmood Gondal added.

 Assistant Commissioner Murree, Arifullah Khan, confirmed the incident, reporting that rescue personnel shifted the bodies from the scene of the incident. A spokesperson for the Galiyat Development Authority said the main chairlift in Ayubia had not been affected and is being operated as per routine.

 Families of the victims blamed the ‘substandard cable car’ operators and held the government responsible for the tragedy. The demonstration resulted in creating a massive traffic jam in the already tourist-congested hill station. However, the tourists have also been warned to take precautionary measures while travelling. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has expressed grief over the loss of precious lives in the chairlift incident at Chharra Pani and directed authorities concerned for immediate medical aid to the injured.

 Chairlift accidents are common in mountainous areas of Pakistan, where the lifts are often used to cross rivers.</s>A cable car lift set up illegally by villagers at a popular Pakistani mountain resort broke and plunged into a ravine killing at least 11 people and injuring three others, officials said on Thursday. The accident occurred some 30 kilometres north of Islamabad between Banwari and Charra Pani village in the tourist hill resort of Murree. “There was a strong wind which led to the cable car breaking and falling,” an eyewitness, Omair, was quoted as saying by Geo News.

According to rescuers, the ‘doli’ cable car lift was being used for transportation between Sharafani in Punjab and Banwari in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The lift was the only source of transportation between the two hilly areas as there are no roads connecting the two, they said. Local people had reportedly set up the cable car service on a self-help basis without approval from the concerned departments, rescue officials said.

The injured were taken to Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, rescue officials said, adding that the 11 deceased had died on the spot. The bodies of the victims have been handed over to their families.

The chances of survival of the three injured are slim, as the car fell to the ground from a height of 400 feet, the officials said.

When asked if the cable car was being used for commercial purposes, Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Talat Mehmood Gondal said the incident took place in Abbottabad district which is part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the provincial government would be able to answer this question.

“We received a call of the accident taking place and Rescue 1122 along with District Rawalpindi immediately mobilised and the rescue operation was completed at the earliest,” Gondal added.

A spokesperson for the Galiyat Development Authority said the main chairlift in Ayubia had not been affected and is being operated as per routine.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed grief over the loss of precious lives in the chairlift incident at Charra Pani and directed concerned authorities for immediate medical aid to the injured, the report said.

Families of the victims blamed the ‘substandard cable car’ operators and the government for the tragedy and blocked the main road in protest.

Murree is one of Pakistan’s most known mountain tourist resorts, popular with both local and foreign tourists. Chairlift accidents are common in mountainous areas of the country, where the lifts are often used to cross rivers. Four people drowned when a chairlift broke in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan last month.

For all the latest World News, download Indian Express App</s>RAWALPINDI - A locally-made cable car plunged into a ditch Thursday afternoon near Murree, killing 12 and injuring two others critically.

According to Rescue 1122 and police, the accident came near Panwari village of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa adjacent to the Murree town of Punjab on Thursday.

The manual lift service installed on self-help basis linked Panwari village to Charra Pani area of Murree.

It was being used to transport 13 people from Tret to Dannah village across a nullah when it broke in the middle, came off the cable and fell in a ditch about 500 feet below.

According to the locals, the lift operator boarded more people than the capacity that led to the accident.

The lift could accommodate eight persons, while fourteen passengers were on board, an eyewitness said.

The operator reportedly escaped the scene and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police were looking for him.

Later in the evening, the local people blocked the old Murree Road by placing the bodies on the road in protest and demanded action against the lift operator.

“There was a strong wind which led to the cable breaking and falling,” an eyewitness, Omair said. He said the lift was the only access for the villagers to reach their destination. Most of the villagers avail this mode of travel for travelling in the mountainous area.

Another eyewitness said that the deceased included players of a local cricket team, who were going to participate in cricket tournament.

As many as 12 people died on the spot while the two injured were taken to Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, rescue sources said. The bodies of the dead have been handed over to their families, they said.

The deceased included nine men, a woman and a child. They were identified as Wasif, 18, Arif, 35, Shabeer, 55, Saima Shabir, 45, Ikhlaq, 36, Mujahid,17, Abdul Hameed, 70, Sohaib,10, Ahmed, 18, Rohan, 14, and Shazil, 15.

The two injured were identified as Haseeb, 23, from Manga and Adnan, 22, from Malpur, Islamabad, and they had been shifted to Holy Family hospital of Islamabad. Rescuers initially said their chances of survival were slim as the cable car had fallen from a height of 400 feet.

Seven of the victims hailed from the local areas while four of them hailed from Malpur village in Islamabad.

Police said that the lift service set up on self-help basis would transport people from Murree to other areas crossing a nullah between two mountains in Hazara division.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Acting Punjab Governor Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan expressed deep sorrow over the loss of human lives in the accident.

Cable car accidents are common in mountainous areas of the country, where the lifts are often used to cross rivers. Four people drowned when a cable car broke in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan last month.

Haseeb, 23, from Manga and Adnan, 22, from Malpur, Islamabad, and they had been shifted to Holy Family hospital of Islamabad. Rescuers initially said their chances of survival were slim as the cable car had fallen from a height of 400 feet.

Seven of the victims hailed from the local areas while four of them hailed from Malpur village in Islamabad.

Police said that the lift service set up on self-help basis would transport people from Murree to other areas crossing a nullah between two mountains in Hazara division.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Acting Punjab Governor Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan expressed deep sorrow over the loss of human lives in the accident. Cable car accidents are common in mountainous areas of the country, where the lifts are often used to cross rivers. Four people drowned when a cable car broke in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan last month.</s>A Pakistani rescue official says a cable car lift installed by local villagers to a popular mountain resort has snapped off and plunged into a ravine, killing at least 10 and injuring two others.

The official, Qamar Niaz, says the accident took place on Thursday in Murree, a mountain resort outside the capital, Islamabad. He says the single chairlift fell into a ravine hundreds of feet deep.

Niaz says that apparently the cables of the chairlift were not properly maintained, but that a police investigation is underway. The 12 villagers were using the cable car, which can usually carry up to 15, to get to the resort.

Murree is one of Pakistan’s most known mountain tourist resorts, popular with both local and foreign tourists.</s>An electrician in Dubai has been sentenced to five years in jail for stabbing his co-worker to death with a razor because he had smelly feet.

The 22-year-old electrician from Pakistan and his co-worker were reportedly resting in an air-conditioned electricity room during the midday break in July 2016 when the incident occurred.

Reports state the co-worker was sleeping on the floor, with his feet facing toward's the electrician's face. The electrician asked his co-worker to remove his feet as it stunk, but the co-worker refused. The duo then got into a heated argument. Later, the co-workers intervened and stopped the tussle.

The electrician, however, did not let go of the matter and rushed to a nearby warehouse at the construction site to get a razor. He came back to where his co-worker was resting and stabbed him in the neck repeatedly.

Surveillance cameras installed on the site showed the electrician hiding the razor behind him before attacking the victim at least three to four times.

The victim was then rushed to the hospital in a critical state, where he suffered excessive bleeding and slipped into a coma, according to medical reports. The report also stated that the victim could not be saved despite multiple operations, according to Gulf News.

The Dubai Court of First Instance on Tuesday convicted the electrician of killing his countryman, although the defendant did not plead guilty during the trial.

"We had a fight and when he tried to assault me, I assaulted him back," the accused said in the court. The Dubai court has ruled that he will be deported to his country after he serves his jail term here.

A police sergeant testified that the electrician was detained from the worksite.

"During questioning, the defendant said the deceased had very smelly feet when he slept in front of him with his legs up before his face. When he asked the victim to move his feet away, he refused. Then they had a heated argument and assaulted each other. He claimed that when the deceased cursed him, he felt angry, so he got the razor from the warehouse and stabbed the victim," the sergeant said.</s>Ten people were killed and two others injured when a chairlift cable broke, sending riders plunging into a ravine in a mountain hamlet near capital Islamabad Thursday, officials said.

The accident occurred some 30 kilometres (18 miles) north of Islamabad in the Charra Pani village in the tourist hill resort of Murree.

"The villagers use a chairlift to cross the river and it broke, coming off the cable, which killed ten people," local rescue official Muhammad Farooq told AFP.

"Two others were wounded," he said.

Chairlift accidents are common in mountainous areas of Pakistan, where the lifts are often used to cross rivers.

Four people drowned when a chairlift broke in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan last month.</s>Police are appealing for witnesses after a van ended up in a ditch on the A165 near Beeford.

Three people received minor injuries after a white Ford Transit van left the road and came to a stop in a ditch on June 23 at 4.30pm.

Police are asking for anyone that was travelling on the A165 at the same time to contact them if they saw the vehicle travelling along the road.

If you saw anything that would help with police enquiries call the non-emergency number 101 quoting log 548 of 23/06/17.
At least twelve people die and two others are injured after a cable car falls nearly 500 feet into a ditch in Charra Pani, Galyat, Pakistan.