At least 22 dead as heavy snow traps vehicles in Pakistan resort

Thousands affected at popular destination of Murree with eight of those killed from same family

At least 22 people have died after heavy snow trapped them in their vehicles as tens of thousands of visitors thronged Pakistan's hill town of Murree, officials have said.

Atiq Ahmed, an Islamabad police officer, said eight of the 22 fatalities were from the family of fellow Islamabad police officer Naveed Iqbal, who also died. All 16 died of hypothermia, officials said.