Overview
- Two state-run pilgrimage buses collided head‑on near Naushehra Pannuan on Saturday, leaving multiple people dead and dozens injured.
- Reports of fatalities vary between four and six while injured totals range roughly from 18 to about 30 as hospitals in Tarn Taran and Amritsar treat the victims.
- Police and local officials say one driver veered to avoid a motorcycle, crossed the highway divider and struck the oncoming bus, and authorities have opened a formal probe.
- Local residents, police and district teams led immediate rescues and ambulances moved critically wounded patients from the Civil Hospital in Tarn Taran to Guru Nanak Dev Medical College in Amritsar for specialised care.
- Both buses were operating under the Punjab Mukh Mantri/Mukhyamantri Tirath Yatra scheme, and investigators will review vehicle fitness, driver preparedness and supervisory arrangements for the programme.