A bus traveling on a highway in Pakistan’s Punjab Province overturned after its brakes failed on June 17, killing at least 12 people and leaving eight others injured, police and health officials said. Saqib Waheed, spokesman for the federal Motorway Police, said the bus was traveling from the capital, Islamabad, to the eastern city of Lahore when its brakes failed about 135 kilometers from the capital on a sharp turn in the Salt Mountain range. Traffic accidents are common in Pakistan, where safety standards are largely compromised and traffic rules regularly violated and rarely enforced. To read the original story by AP, click here.
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