Heavy Snowfall In Pakistan

Pakistan's popular hill station Murree was declared a calamity-hit area on Saturday after at least 21 people, including 9 children, froze to death in their stranded vehicles due to unprecedented snowfall.

At least 21 people died in an enormous traffic jam caused by tens of thousands of visitors thronging a Pakistani hill town to see unusually heavy snowfall, authorities said Saturday.

At least 40 people were killed as heavy rains and snowfall wreaked havoc in the northern parts of Pakistan, snapping road links and forcing people to remain indoors at many places.

Pakistan's popular hill station Murree was declared a calamity-hit area on Saturday after at least 21 people, including 9 children, froze to death in their stranded vehicles due to unprecedented snowfall.

At least 21 people died in an enormous traffic jam caused by tens of thousands of visitors thronging a Pakistani hill town to see unusually heavy snowfall, authorities said Saturday.

At least 40 people were killed as heavy rains and snowfall wreaked havoc in the northern parts of Pakistan, snapping road links and forcing people to remain indoors at many places.