Heavy snowfall in Pakistan province

Middle East Star (IANS) Saturday 4th February, 2012

The Murree region in Pakistan's Punjab province has witnessed heavy snowfall.

A bus carrying girl students was stuck in snow on the Murree-Bhurban road Friday. Efforts were on late Friday to get the vehicle back on track, the daily Dawn reported.

A good number of tourists reached Murree Thursday to witness snowfall, after the Met office's earlier forecast. Murree is a hill station near Islamabad.

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