ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Monday remarked that the situation in Murreewould worsen in the next five years if the construction of illegal buildings does not stop. The LHC resumed hearing of the case on Murree disaster which took the lives of 22 tourists recently. Read more: Tourists stranded in Murree … Read more
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar has summoned a meeting of the investigation committee probing the Murree incident on Wednesday. The meeting to be chaired by the chief minister will be held at the CM House today. Read more: Hotel owners blame local administration for Murree tragedy On January 8, many tourists who flocked to … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Hotel Association Murree General Secretary Raja Yasir Riasat Abbasi on Tuesday blamed the local administration for the Murree incident in which at least 23 people were killed. Expressing remorse over the incident, while addressing media at the National Press Club in Islamabad, Yasir Abbasi claimed that entrance was made free into Murree hotels after … Read more
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said the government had planned to explore new tourist spots in a bid to revitalize the tourism industry and project a positive image of the country globally through modern means of communication. Read more: Tourists question blizzard tragedy in scenic Murree Talking to the media in Islamabad, he said that there … Read more
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed condolence over the tragic loss of lives due to a deadly snowstorm in Murree. At the regular briefing in New York, Spokesman of UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric showed sympathies with the victims, Radio Pakistan reported. Read more: 22 tourists died of suffocation, heart failure in Murree: medical report The … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Ammar Alvi took a sigh of relief when he finally arrived home in Islamabad after being stranded in snow for more than 12 hours with his wife and kids. Not far from him, 22 tourists lost their lives in snow. Like every year, Alvi visited the hilly resort Murree located some 60 km away … Read more
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz claimed to have received information that the actual toll in the Murree tragedy was higher than the 22 deaths reported by the authorities and accused the government of hiding it. Talking to the media in Lahore after visiting a bereaved family … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has formed a seven-member committee for inquiry into the tragic incident of Murree that claimed 22 lives last week. Stuck in their cars overnight, all the people died from the cold or carbon monoxide poisoning from exhaust fumes. Among them were 10 children. Read more: Army clears roads around … Read more
Federal Minister for Education and President Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Punjab Chapter Shafqat Mahmood on Sunday asked Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Khawaja Asif to stop issuing negative and cheap statements over the Murree tragedy and review his irresponsible politics. Strongly reacting to the statement of PML-N leader about the Murree tragedy, he said that Khawaja’s speech … Read more
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to provide financial assistance of Rs0.8 million to heirs of each of the 22 people killed in the Murree tragedy, Bol news on Sunday reported quoting sources. The sources said the decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Usman Bazdar. The meeting was also attended … Read more
LAHORE: Punjab Government Spokesperson Hasaan Khawar on Saturday said those who were responsible for the Murree tragedy should be punished. Talking to media in Lahore, Hasaan Khawar said: “If the tragedy was avoidable then those who are responsible for this should be punished.” Read more: Murree received 17 inches of snow in last 24 hours: … Read more
