Premier comforts survivors of blaze

Pakistan’s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, cut short a trip abroad to rush to the side of victims of a fuel tanker fire as the death toll rose to 157.

The truck, carrying 6,600 gallons of gasoline, was travelling from the southern port city of Karachi to Lahore when the driver crashed early on Sunday.

Villagers rushed to the scene to collect the spilled fuel when the blaze ignited. The wreck then exploded, engulfing people in flames.