Pakistan, June 27 -- LAHORE - Punjab Information Minister Azma Bukhari strongly criticized the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Friday after 13 members of a single tourist family drowned in the Swat River. She called the provincial response system a "complete failure."

Speaking to local media, Bukhari expressed deep sorrow over the tragic incident and condemned the KP government's inaction. She stated that while tourists cried for help for nearly two hours, no rescue teams arrived on time, nor did Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur's helicopter reach the site.

She accused KP authorities of focusing their resources on political attacks against the federal and Punjab governments rather than protecting tourists or managing local disaste...