Army commandos using helicopters and a makeshift chairlift rescued eight people from a broken cable car dangling hundreds of feet above a canyon Tuesday in a remote part of Pakistan, authorities said.

Pakistan cable car rescue updates: All eight people rescued

In Pakistan, six students and two adults were stranded in a dangling cable car after one of its wires snapped midway into the journey. The students had no food or drinking water. Numerous attempts made to rescue the students failed. This report tells you what happened next.

Gravitas | Pakistan Cable Car Rescue: Six students stranded for nine hours

All eight people, including children, were rescued by officials in Pakistan on Tuesday night (Aug 22) after they were left trapped 900 feet mid-air in a cable car. The accident took place when a line snapped, causing the occupiers of the cable car to hang in balance for hours before a rescue began. Watch this for more.

Pakistan cable car accident: Everything you need to know

Years after taking a jibe at India's lunar ambitions in 2019, Pakistan's former Minister of Science and Technology, Fawad Hussain Chaudhry, has now done an unexpected about-face.

Pak ex-minister praises Chandrayaan-3 mission, had taken jibes on Indian lunar mission in 2019

Around 100,000 people have been evacuated from flooded villages in Pakistan's Punjab province, emergency services said on Wednesday. Several hundred villages and thousands of acres of cropland in the central province were inundated when the Sutlej river burst its banks on Sunday.

Around 100,000 people evacuated due to floods In Pakistan

At least eight people including six children have been trapped in a cable car in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistan military helicopters have been deployed to conduct rescue operations.

Cable carrying chairlift snapped, four children rescued, rescue operations halted

Pakistan: Cable carrying chairlift snapped, four children rescued out of eight stranded | WION

After the breakage of cable car wires, eight individuals, including six children were left stranded at the height of 900 feet mid-air in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday.

Watch: Pak army races against time to save 8, including 6 kids, trapped in 900 ft-high cable car

Pakistan cable car incident: 6 children among 8 stranded at 3,000 feet, rescue operation underway

Six children and two teachers were trapped in a chairlift hanging 274 metres (900ft) above a ravine in Pakistan. As per the reports, rescue operations are underway.

Video: Children trapped 900 ft mid-air in Pakistan, army rescue ops on

A new controversy has erupted in the country President Arif Alvi has denied signing bills amending the Official Secrets Act.

Did Pakistan President sign off on key laws?

Pakistan Christians in Pakistan's Punjab Province sat among the rubble of their ransacked church for the first Sunday service this is because the Muslim mob rampaged through their neighbourhoods in eastern Punjab. Over 80 Christian homes and 19 churches were vandalized in a riot.

Pakistan: First Sunday service since a mob rampaged through the neighbourhood

Pakistan has plunged into fresh crisis with President Alvi denying having denied having signed two controversial bills - the Official Secrets Act and the Pakistan Army Act. The development has sparked speculations weather the country heads towards a military rule going forward.

Pakistan President Arif Alvi denies signing key bills, says 'God is my witness'

Pakistan's former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was arrested on Saturday. Qureshi serves as vice-chairman of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.

Pakistan: Ex-Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrested, PTI calls it 'illegal tactic'

Pakistan: President Arif Alvi denies signing of key laws

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Pakistan has taken a significant step in the ongoing investigation into the controversial US cipher case by arresting former Secretary-General of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Asad Umar.

Pakistan arrests former PTI secretary-general in US cipher Case

Pakistan arrests former secretary-general of Imran Khan's party in US cipher case

Pakistan's ex-foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi arrested under Official Secrets Act

In yet another blow to Imran Khan, the jailed former prime minister of Pakistan has been booked under the Official Secrets Act for making the content of a confidential diplomatic cable from the country's embassy to the US public, it emerged on Friday.

Pakistan: Cypher case returns to haunt Imran Khan

In a tragic incident, an explosive device detonated in the Gulmir Kot area of North Waziristan, Pakistan, resulting in the killing of 11 individuals. Two others were injured in the IED blast.

At least 11 labourers killed in IED explosion in Pakistan's North Waziristan

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested Shah Mahmood Qureshi from his home in the federal capital in the cypher leak case under the Official Secrets Act of 1923 minutes after he unambiguously stated in a news conference on Saturday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding Chairman Imran Khan was irreplaceable and that the party was united under his vision.

Pakistan: Federal agency makes more arrests in Cipher case

As a result of the frightening increase of the Sutlej River, several areas of Punjab are preparing for a potential flood. Mohsin Naqvi, the interim chief minister of Punjab, described the scenario and promised that all-out measures would be taken to stop losses and destruction brought on by a flood that would be "unprecedented in 35 years" in the river.

Pakistan: Thousands evacuated due to water level surge in Sutlej river

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Pakistan cable car rescue updates: All eight people rescued

Gravitas | Pakistan Cable Car Rescue: Six students stranded for nine hours

Pakistan cable car accident: Everything you need to know

Pak ex-minister praises Chandrayaan-3 mission, had taken jibes on Indian lunar mission in 2019

Around 100,000 people evacuated due to floods In Pakistan

Cable carrying chairlift snapped, four children rescued, rescue operations halted

Pakistan: Cable carrying chairlift snapped, four children rescued out of eight stranded | WION

Watch: Pak army races against time to save 8, including 6 kids, trapped in 900 ft-high cable car

Pakistan cable car incident: 6 children among 8 stranded at 3,000 feet, rescue operation underway

Video: Children trapped 900 ft mid-air in Pakistan, army rescue ops on

Did Pakistan President sign off on key laws?

Pakistan: First Sunday service since a mob rampaged through the neighbourhood

Pakistan President Arif Alvi denies signing key bills, says 'God is my witness'

Pakistan: Ex-Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrested, PTI calls it 'illegal tactic'

Pakistan: President Arif Alvi denies signing of key laws

Pakistan arrests former PTI secretary-general in US cipher Case

Pakistan arrests former secretary-general of Imran Khan's party in US cipher case

Pakistan's ex-foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi arrested under Official Secrets Act

Pakistan arrests former PTI secretary-general in US cipher Case

Did Pakistan President sign off on key laws?

Pakistan: Cypher case returns to haunt Imran Khan

At least 11 labourers killed in IED explosion in Pakistan's North Waziristan

Pakistan: Federal agency makes more arrests in Cipher case

Pakistan: Thousands evacuated due to water level surge in Sutlej river