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Summary
A bout of heavy fog caused a pile-up of 30 cars and lorries at both Multan and Charsadda-Peshawar, which left at least two people dead and injured 29 others. According to the police, two people died in an accident that occurred six kilometers away from Charsadda. The injured and the dead have been shifted to the DHQ Hospital Charsadda and other Peshawar hospitals. Traffic on the Charsadda-Peshawar motorway was totally paralyzed shortly after the fog fell and caused a series of accidents. similarly, around 30 cars jumbled at Bahawalpur Road, Multan as a result of which some 25 people got injured. The injured have been shifted to Nishtar Hospital, Multan. Rescue 1122 and police are making efforts to remove the destroyed vehicles from the site. In other parts of the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa freezing conditions and heavy snow is causing problems with major roads being forced to close.
