PESHAWAR: Twenty-five Chinese workers and technicians, constructing the Karakoram Highway, were killed and 22 others sustained injuries in a landslide near Komila, on the [KKH] yesterday. Official reports today [Oct 12] said the landslide had overtaken the Chinese team, while blasting was being carried out in the mountains for the construction of the highway. A group of 25 Chinese workers and technicians was buried alive under the landslide. Sixteen bodies have so far been dug out. Rescue operations are continuing... . The condition of 5 injured was stated to be serious. — News agencies
[Meanwhile, as reported by Dawn’s Islamabad Bureau,] His Majesty King Khalid of Saudi Arabia this morning [Oct 12] laid the foundation-stone of Shah Faisal Masjid at the foot of Margalla Hills ... symbolising a living memorial to late King Faisal and providing eternal touch to fraternal ties ... between the peoples of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The ceremony conducted in an atmosphere [charged] with reverence and piety was witnessed by large number of distinguished guests, including members of diplomatic corps, as His Majesty, after recitation from the Holy Quran, unveiled the plaque.
Published in Dawn, October 13th, 2026
