Iran Press/Asia: The accident occurred in the Lasbela district of Balochistan province where a bus carrying Shia pilgrims returning from Iraq fell into a ravine.
Initial investigation suggested that the driver lost control of the vehicle and the bus fell into a ravine.
Bus carrying pilgrims on Makran coastal highway to Punjab.
Earlier on Saturday (August 24), the bodies of 28 pilgrims who died in a bus crash in Iran were returned to Pakistan.
Road accidents with high numbers of deaths are not uncommon in Pakistan because of negligence to standard safety measures including driver training and the low quality of transport infrastructure.
On Sunday another tragic incident happened in the Kahuta district of Punjab province killing 30 others.
A bus traveling from Kahuta to Rawalpindi veered off the Azad Pattan Road and fell into a ravine. The cause of the crash, as with the first, was attributed to brake failure.
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