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22 Tourists Freeze to Death in Vehicles Amid Heavy Snowstorm in Pakistan

by Lorenz Duchamps


At least 22 people have died while being stuck in their vehicles as a heavy snowstorm thronged the mountain resort town of Murree in northern Pakistan, officials confirmed on Saturday.

Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Pakistan’s interior minister, said more than 1,000 cars got stranded in a blizzard that caught the scenic town located about 40 miles (64 km) northeast of the country’s capital—Islamabad.

The minister added that the government has launched a rescue operation for people who remain trapped and also mobilized the military to clear roads and assist with the mission…


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