Pakistan, June 28 -- LAHORE - Punjab Information Minister Azma Bukhari strongly criticized the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for failing to dispatch an air ambulance to rescue victims during the tragic Swat incident. She called the delayed response "deeply painful and avoidable."

Speaking to the media, Bukhari said that this was not the first such disaster in Swat, as similar incidents had occurred in the past. She emphasized that eyewitnesses claimed rescue teams were called, but no one arrived in time to save lives.

She stated that the victims, swept away by a flash flood in the Swat River, could have been saved if rescue services had responded quickly. Instead, 10 lives were lost, and three people are still missing as search efforts ...