Five drown as boat capsizes in Jafarabad

Five people have drowned while two children are missing after a relief boat carrying flood victims overturned in Jafarabad, Balochistan.

Rescue workers were transporting flood victims from Gandakha tehsil of Jafarabad to a safer area when the boat overturned due to a flash flood.

The five dead include three men and two women.

A rescue operation is underway to locate the missing children.