Forty killed as bus falls into ditch in Pakistan's Balochistan

QUETTA, Pakistan, July ‌3 (Reuters) - Forty ​people ​were killed and eight others injured after a bus fell into ‌a deep roadside ditch in Pakistan's southwestern ⁠province of Balochistan on Friday, a rescue agency and ‌a government official said.

• ‌The bus, operated by a private intercity service, was headed to national capital Islamabad ​from provincial capital Quetta, the agency said.

• There were 48 passengers on board ⁠at the time of the accident, it added.

• The eight ​injured were given first aid and then moved to a government hospital in ​Zhob city, about 75 ‌km (50 miles) from the accident site in Sherani district, the agency ⁠said.

• The dead were also moved to the same hospital, the agency and Sherani Deputy Commissioner ⁠Hazrat Wali said.

• In a separate incident in neighbouring ​Afghanistan, four people were killed and 10 others were missing after a truck carrying 22 Afghan refugees ‌from Pakistan plunged into a river along the Kabul–Jalalabad highway, military ‌spokesperson Wahidullah Mohammadi said.

(Reporting by Saud Mehsud ⁠and Saleem Ahmed, Additional ‌reporting by Mohammad ​Yunus Yawar; writing by Sakshi Dayal and Shanima Aniyeri; Editing by YP ‌Rajesh)

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