{"id":18603,"date":"2026-10-29T11:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T11:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=18603"},"modified":"2026-10-29T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T11:24:16","slug":"five-killed-40-injured-as-bus-falls-into-drain-near-pindi-bhattian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=18603","title":{"rendered":"Five killed, 40 injured as bus falls into drain near Pindi Bhattian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAHORE: Five people were killed and 40 others injured after a passenger bus travelling from Raiwind to Chiniot fell into a drain near Pindi Bhattian in Punjab, rescue officials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accident occurred on Kot Nakah Road, with 65 passengers aboard the bus, according to rescue officials. All injured passengers were shifted to hospitals for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local residents said the five people killed in the accident belonged to Jiabagga, an area of Raiwind. The passengers were travelling to attend a conference in Chiniot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maryam Nawaz expresses condolences<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz expressed grief over the loss of lives in the Pindi Bhattian accident and extended her condolences and sympathies to the bereaved families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She directed administrative officials to ensure that the injured received the best possible medical facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent major road accidents in Punjab<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accident comes amid several fatal road crashes reported across Punjab in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On October 21, a passenger bus collided with a divider and overturned at Bangla Hidayat on the Indus Highway, killing 10 people. The victims included seven men, two women and a young girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On October 20, five young men were killed when a speeding Toyota Corolla struck a divider before crashing into the wall of a plot in Multan\u2019s Bosan Road area. The car caught fire after the collision. All five victims were residents of Shujaabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On October 15, a speeding 22-wheeler trailer struck a car from behind while it was stopped at a traffic signal on Allama Iqbal Road in Lahore\u2019s Garhi Shahu area. The crash killed 42-year-old Asim, his 35-year-old wife Huma and their 15-year-old son Talha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, on January 17, a truck carrying 23 people from Islamabad to Faisalabad plunged into a dry canal near the Galapur Bangla Bridge close to Kot Momin amid dense fog. The accident killed 14 people, including six children, and injured nine others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PAK SOUCH MEDIA GROUP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daily Pak Souch Newspaper Sukkur \u2013 Daily Pak Special Newspaper Karachi \u2013 Daily Pak Today Newspaper Karachi &#8211; Daily Pak Jazbo Newspaper Sukkur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Head Office : Ayub Gate Shaikh Muhalla Near Rabbania Masjid Sukkur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karachi Office : Office No. 1901-B, 19th Floor Saima Trade Tower (B) Block I.I Chandigarh Road Near Jung Press, Shaheen Complex &amp; National Museum of Pakistan Karachi Sindh Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact : 03009319022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Website 1 : <a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/\">https:\/\/paksouch.com\/<\/a><br>Website 2 : <a href=\"https:\/\/sindhi.paksouch.com\/\">https:\/\/sindhi.paksouch.com\/<\/a><br>Website 3 : <a href=\"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/\">https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/<\/a><br>Website 4 : <a href=\"https:\/\/urdu.pakjazbo.com\/\">https:\/\/urdu.pakjazbo.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Five people were killed and 40 others injured after a passenger bus travelling from Raiwind to Chiniot fell into a drain near Pindi Bhattian..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-2026-10-29T162353.054.png",800,947,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-2026-10-29T162353.054-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-2026-10-29T162353.054-253x300.png",253,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-2026-10-29T162353.054-768x909.png",768,909,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-2026-10-29T162353.054.png",800,947,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-2026-10-29T162353.054.png",800,947,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pak-Souch-Social-Media-Poster-2026-10-29T162353.054.png",800,947,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18605,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18603\/revisions\/18605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}