Eight revelers died while picnicking during Eid

Three young men drowned while swimming at Karachi beaches, five died in Balochistan.

KARACHI/QUETTA: At least eight picnickers have died in separate incidents during the three days of Eid in Karachi and Balochistan.

Two young friends drowned while swimming at Karachi’s Sanspit beach on Sunday. Their bodies were fished out by rescuers on Monday. Faraz, 19, and Osama, 22, were on a picnic trip at the beach along with their friends on the second day of Eid.

Faraz, a second year student at a local college, was the only brother of five sisters. Osama, the eldest of three siblings, wanted to pursue his B.A. and sit competitive exams for civil services. Rescuers searched for the bodies on Sunday – but with no luck. They had to call off the hours-long search operation after darkness fell.



They resume the search on Monday – and managed to retrieve the bodies which were subsequently handed over to heirs after medico-legal formalities.

Separately, two young men – Anwarul Haq and Hazar Shah – drowned while swimming in the sea at Rehri Goth. Shah was rescued, while Haq is feared dead. Rescuers were searching for his body when this report was filed.

Separately, at least five people, among them three children, died while picnicking in Balochistan during the first two days of Eid.

A landslide buried a vehicle carrying a man and his three children in the Salyazi area of Zhob district. Rehmatullah Safi, who is contesting the upcoming elections from PB-2 (Zhob), was taking his children on a picnic when their vehicle was hit by a massive landslide.



The three children – Nazir, Matiullah and Naseebullah – died on the spot while Rehmatullah sustained injuries. Rescuers pulled out the bodies and the injured from the vehicle which was buried under tons of mud and slush.

In another incident, a man, identified as Abdul Sattar, drowned while swimming in a stream in the Killi Bring area of Zhob. The body was fished out by rescuers and shifted to a local hospital.

Separately, a resident of Quetta died while swimming in the Bolan river. Rehmatullah Achakzai was on a picnic during the Eid holidays. Rescuers retrieved the body and shifted it to a hospital in Quetta.

Life guards, meanwhile, rescued six people from drowning in the Arabian Sea off Gaddani. Subsequently, they were shifted to a hospital.