TWO separate bus accidents in Pakistan left at least 35 people dead and dozens more injured today.

The first happened when a bus carrying Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims returning from Iraq through Iran fell from a highway in south-west Pakistan into a ravine, killing at least 12 people and injuring 32, police and officials said.

The driver lost control of the bus on the Makran coastal highway when its brakes failed while passing through the Lasbela district of Baluchistan province on its way to the eastern province of Punjab, local police said.