Neelum Valley | Pakistan

The scenic Neelum Valley in Azad Jammu and Kashmir received the season’s first rain and snowfall, bringing a sharp drop in temperatures and drawing tourists to the region’s winter charm.

A tourist vehicle met with an accident in Neelum Valley, leaving five people dead and one injured.

A tragic accident claimed the lives of four members of the same family when a passenger jeep plunged into a ravine in Neelum Valley, Azad Kashmir, rescue officials confirmed on Friday.

Six members of a family were killed in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Friday when their car veered off the road and plummeted hundreds of feet, crashing onto the right bank of the Neelum River, officials said. The accident occurred at a sharp bend on the Neelum Valley road near Chilyana village, approximately 50 kilometres northeast of Muzaffarabad. Chilyana is located across from the Indian-occupied village of Titwal on the opposite bank of the Neelum River, a point that once served as a foot-crossing under the cross-Line of Control (LoC) travel arrangement before activity came to a halt in 2019. “Shortly after Friday prayers, a vehicle … went out of the driver’s control while negotiating a dangerous curve near Chilyana,” Akhtar Ayoub, the Neelum Valley District Disaster Management Officer (DDMO), told Dawn.com. “It rolled down the mountain slope but stopped just short of entering the river; otherwise, it would have been swept away by the violent current,” he added. Ayoub said that upon receiving reports ab...