Barely 24 hours after 23 perished in two road accidents, Pakistan’s Punjab province mourned three more victims of a high-speed car smash in Attock’s Fateh Jang town.
The late-night crash saw a car ram a tree, ejecting its occupants. Three died instantly; the survivor got quick medical intervention from Rescue 1122 before hospital admission. Speeding remains the cited culprit.
Echoing recent calamities, Saturday’s disasters included a Balochistan bus rollover on Makran Coastal Highway. Nine lost lives and 36 were hurt when the Al Usman coach from Jiwani to Karachi overturned near Ormara amid control loss.
Punjab’s fog-laden tragedy in Sargodha claimed 14 when a funeral-bound mini-truck with 23 Islamabad residents fell into a dry canal near Kot Momin. Motorway closure forced the local route choice, where zero visibility doomed the journey—killing seven on-site and seven later.
These events expose deep flaws in Pakistan’s transport safety net: lax enforcement, foggy hazards, and overloaded vehicles. Rescue teams shone amid chaos, but the human cost demands action—smarter infrastructure, real-time weather tech, and punitive measures for violations. As communities bury their dead, the nation vows to curb this epidemic of road deaths.