Bus crash kills up to 35 in Pakistan: policeUp to 35 people, mainly soldiers, were killed when a bus skidded off a road and plunged into a river near a popular Pakistani tourist spot, police and a bus company official said Thursday. The bus, which started its journey late Tuesday from Rawalpindi, a garrison city adjoining Islamabad, to the northern town of Skardu fell into the Indus river Indus River Trans-Himalayan river of southern Asia. It is one of the world's longest rivers, with a length of 1,800 mi (2,900 km). Its annual average flow of 272 billion cu yd (207 billion cu m) is twice that of the Nile. early Thursday, bus company manager Mohammad Hasan told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. . "There were 35 people on board and only the helper has survived after the bus fell into the Indus river at a place called Malopi," Hasan said. "We have not found the wreckage wreck·age n. 1. The act of wrecking or the state of being wrecked. 2. Something wrecked. 3. The debris of something wrecked. of the bus yet and rescue teams have been sent to the crash site." There were no phone links to the area and the company was facing difficulties in gathering details, Hasan added. State television said that 34 people were killed. Farman Ali Farman Ali, known as Farman Sab, is a senior journalist, editor and has remained a political worker as well. He lives in Islamabad, working as the news editor of Dawn, the most prestigious English language daily newspaper of Pakistan. , deputy police chief in the region, doubted there could be any survivors after the bus fell so far. "All the passengers are dead and none of them could survive due to the fall from such a height," Ali told AFP. He said there were some 30 to 35 passengers on board, including 27 soldiers, who were returning to their units from holiday. Police joined local volunteers and other rescuers in a bid to retrieve the bodies from the turbulent waters, Ali added. Most people travel by bus to Skardu, 290 kilometres (180 miles) northeast of the capital Islamabad. The state airline runs a daily flight between the cities, but the service is frequently disrupted by bad weather. Pakistan has the world's third-highest death rate from traffic accidents, blamed on poor roads and reckless driving reckless driving n. operation of an automobile in a dangerous manner under the circumstances, including speeding (or going too fast for the conditions, even though within the posted speed limit), driving after drinking (but not drunk), having too many passengers in . Skardu lies in high-altitude desert and is a starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the for mountaineers from all over the world who walk to the K-2 base camp. Towering over the Karakoram range Karakoram Range Mountain system, south-central Asia. Extending 300 mi (480 km) from eastern Afghanistan to the Kashmir region, it is one of the highest mountain systems in the world; its loftiest peak is K2, at 28,251 ft (8,611 m), the world's second highest peak. on uninhabited terrain between Pakistan and China, K2 is the second highest peak in the world after Nepal's Everest. But mountaineers consider it more treacherous and more striking for its isolation and almost perfect pyramid shape. 
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