
Fourteen people were killed and at least 20 injured when the bus they were traveling in overturned on Saturday on a highway in Punjab province in eastern Pakistan.
Among the dead are five women and three children.
Local media report that the cause of the problem seems to have been a defect with the bus brakes.
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Due to the problem with the brakes, the driver lost control of the vehicle, a police spokesman told Xinhua.
The bus had left from the capital Islamabad to Lahore. Rescue teams went to the scene and took the injured to a nearby hospital. Some of them have been hospitalized in critical condition.
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, expressed his deep sorrow for the fatal accident, while demanding a detailed investigation into the causes of the accident.