Boat capsizes in Pakistan, 10 kids dead

Kohat's district commissioner Mahmood Aslam said about 50 students from a local religious school had gathered near Tanda lake for a picnic on Sunday. 

Twenty-five had ventured out on the water, which was closed by authorities for recreational trips, on a boat that capsized, he said.

The pupils who had died were aged between seven and 12 years old, according to a list shared with Reuters by the commissioner.

He said Pakistani military divers were helping with the rescue and recovery efforts.

Video footage by local broadcasters and on social media showed rescuers in the water.

The accident came the same day as a bus accident in southern Pakistan that killed more than 40 people.