Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar ordered a helicopter to be sent to try and rescue those trapped aboard the cable car.
A source told Reuters that cable crossing experts had been sent to the area and a small dolly carrier was being attached to the cable to rescue the children one by one.Image:Gulfaraz, a 20-year-old on the cable car, has spoken on the phone to local television channel Geo News.
Two army helicopters were dispatched to the scene but there were complications due to gusty winds in the area and the fact the helicopters' rotor blades risked further destabilising the lift, rescue official Shariq Riaz Khattak said. Spanning a river and connecting villages in Battagram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the cable car is used by local villagers to shorten the distance to nearby schools, government offices and other businesses.
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