Together forever: Three sisters drown in Indus

BISHAM: In a tragic incident, three sisters were swept away by the raging currents of Indus River in Dasu area of Kohistan.

The local community, volunteers and rescue services were still trying to recover the bodies late on Sunday.

The family of the deceased told the Dasu police that the three sisters, aged 12 to 16
years, were at the river bank to get relief from
the heat.

They were playing in the shallow water when one of them was swept away by strong current, police said quoting the family sources.

The other two sisters jumped into the river to save their sibling, but they were also carried away by the gushing water.

A rescue operation has been started to recover bodies of the victims.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 5^th, 2017.