CS Balochistan finds driver and owner responsible for Lasbela bus accident.

QUETTA -- Chief Secretary Balochistan Abdul Aziz Aqeeli on Monday said the Lasbela incident was very painful. FIR has been lodged against the late driver and company owner. Besides, the permit of the said bus has also been cancelled.

Addressing a press conference here at CS office regarding the Lasbela bus accident, the Chief Secretary said bus owners and drivers showed recklessness.

At least 41 people were killed in the Karachi-bound passenger bus when it fell into a ravine and caught fire in the early hours of Sunday in the Bela area of Lasbela district of Balochistan.

The Chief Secretary, Balochistan deplored that Iranian diesel was smuggled in the bus with 48 passengers on board. Overspeeding, lax safety measures coupled with bus loaded with Iranian diesel caused colossal human loss.

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