Landslide kills 16 in Pakistan

Sixteen people, including women and children, are feared dead in a road accident in the Swat valley near Utrot.

According to initial reports that reached Islamabad, a truck carrying three families who were en route from Punjab to Utror when the truck skidded into the Swat river near Utrot due to land sliding.

The Swat valley is located close to the Afghan-Pakistan border. With high mountains, green meadows, and clear lakes, it is a place of great natural beauty and is popular with tourists, being referred to as “the Switzerland of the region.”