Train rams into bus, at least 20 killed

ISLAMABAD: A horrific collision between a speeding train and a passenger bus at an unmanned crossing killed at least 20 people, including children, and left scores injured in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, officials said.

The accident took place on Friday at the Kandhra railway crossing, near the Rohri railway station in the province, when the Pakistan Express coming from Rawalpindi towards Karachi collided with the passenger bus.

Sukkur commissioner Shafiq Ahmed Mahesar confirmed that at least 20 people, including children, died in the incident, adding that the casualties could rise as the condition of several of the injured was critical.

“We have shifted at least 60 injured people to hospitals in

Rohri and Sukkur,” he said.

“It is a huge tragedy and all administration and police officials are rushing to the site. It was an unmanned railway crossing and unfortunately, the driver of the bus took a risk by trying to cross it when the train was coming in full speed,” he said.

ASIA BIBI OFFERED ASYLUM IN FRANCE

PARIS: Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan, said on Friday after meeting President Emmanuel Macron that she had been invited to live in France.

“I have received the invitation from the president and the French Republic, and I’m honoured,” she said, adding that she needed time to make a decision about whether to move to France, saying she wanted to focus for now on her health and her family, who are currently live in Canada.