PESHAWAR: The M-1  motorway was closed for traffic on Friday night after dense fog made visibility poor in the provincial capital.

According to officials, the motorway has been closed for all kinds of traffic at Rashakai and Charsadda interchange.

Passengers travelling between Peshawar, Mardan and Charsadda were directed to use GT Road.

The motorway will be reopened as soon as the fog subsides, the officials added.

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Earlier this week, at least 20 people were injured after 30 vehicles piled up due to dense fog at three different locations in Pakistan, police said.

An official from the patrolling police told local media that the vehicles, mostly cars, piled up on the M-2 motorway at Kala Shah Kaku and Qila Sattar Shah areas in Sheikhupura district of Punjab due to dense fog.

Several cars also collided with one another on the M-1 motorway in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province due to dense fog, leaving more than six people injured.

Police and rescue teams rushed to the sites and shifted the injured to nearby hospitals.

Hospitals’ officials said at least 10 of the injured got serious wounds and are being treated at the intensive care units.

The police said that the accidents occurred after the visibility on the roads dropped sharply due to dense fog. All kinds of traffic were stopped from entering the motorways following the accidents