All 25 people were killed when the bus they were travelling in plunged into a ravine near the town of Azad Pattan on the border between Punjab and Azad Kashmir.

Rescue 1122 spokesman, Muhammad Usman confirmed APP that 25 people have died in the accident so far. He informed that 23 bodies were recovered from the accident spot. The bodies and the injured were shifted to THQ Hospital, Kalar Syedan, where two seriously injured could not survive and died.

Sameena Khan, the head of Tehsil Headquarter Hospital in the town of Kahuta, told AFP that 23 bodies had been recovered from the crash site.

"I have lost three members of my family," Tara Zafar, who travelled to the hospital after hearing about the accident, told AFP. Her father, sister and one-year-old nephew were among the dead.

"I hoped that at least one of them had survived. It's doomsday for my family."

Umar Farooq, a senior government official from Sudhanoti district, where the bus started its journey, confirmed the death toll in a phone call with AFP from the crash site.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed profound grief and sorrow over the tragic loss of lives in the accident, as reported by Radio Pakistan.