<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">At least 11 people from a nomadic tribe, including a four-year-old boy, have been killed in an avalanche in northern Pakistan.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The snow struck as the group crossed a mountainous area in the Shounter Pass with their goat herds.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A further 25 people have been injured and a rescue operation is ongoing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed grief over the deaths, and said incidents such as avalanches were increasing due to climate change.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The avalanche happened in the early hours of Saturday in part of the pass that bridges the Astore district of the Gilgit Baltistan region to neighbouring Azad Kashmir, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Four women and a four-year-old boy were among those who died, senior police officer Ziarat Ali said, as quoted by the Associated Press news agency.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rescue teams have faced challenges in reaching the area due to its remote location and difficult terrain.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Troops have been helping local officials with the rescue operation, and two military helicopters were scrambled. According to witnesses, local residents also joined the effort to rescue people trapped under the snow. BBC</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>