AMN/ WEB DESK
At least 21 people, including nine children, froze to death in Pakistan in their vehicles due to unprecedented snowfall and rush of tourists to the popular hill station Murree in Punjab province.
All the routes in Murree in Rawalpindi district were blocked after thousands of vehicles entered the city, leaving the tourists helpless on the roads.
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said, the military has been mobilised to clear roads and rescue people still trapped.
Prime Minister Imran Khan said, he was shocked and upset at the tragic deaths of tourists on the road to Murree.
The government today declared Murree as a calamity-hit area after heavy snowfall wreaked havoc in the city. Thousands of tourists, including women and children, have been trapped on the roads in the area since last night.