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Pakistan orders checks on cable cars after gondola rescue

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August 25, 2023

Pakistan's government has ordered safety checks on all cable cars following the rescue of eight people from a dangling gondola after its cables broke. The incident has highlighted the lack of safe transport for people in remote mountain regions.

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