Sorrow on Eid: Tragedy strikes as 12 drown, three electrocuted
According to rescue sources, bodies of eight people have been recovered who had drowned in the sea near Clifton beach.
Witnesses have said that at least 10 more people are missing.
Edhi officials have said that twelve bodies have been pulled out of the water so far.
One of the deceased is identified as Akhtar.
Chief minister Qaim Ali Shah has asked law enforcers to restrict people from venturing into the sea.
Rescue efforts are currently under way.
Three children electrocuted
Three children of a same family electrocuted to death in Gujranwala on Wednesday.
According to details, the three siblings had come to their relative’s place in Khayali Chowk area of Gujrnawala, to celebrate Eid.
The children were playing outside when an electric poll fell on them killing all three on the spot.
All three children are of age 6 to 12.
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In continuation to my last comment.... One of the roles of Armed Forces during peace time is 'to provide aid to civil power'. Therefore, Navy cannot depute its divers on its own to act as lifeguards at beaches. It can only be done when requested by civil administration. The onus of this tragedy lies only with civil administration and people who defied common sense and jumped into the sea.
@Ansari: Constructive criticism? I read ur comment again and found no such thing there. As far as taxes are concerned, people in the Armed Forces also pay taxes. So, you ain't doing anybody a favour. Besides, your taxes don't go into the military's pay accounts only. The taxes are supposed to be utilized for a lot more things. And please, do some research on core tasks of Navy and Coast Guards. There are no such professionals as 'life guard divers'. There are either lifeguards or divers. And Navy has divers; no lifeguards because that's not their domain. Pls stop blaming Navy in this tragic incident. They are doing their best in the search & rescue operation.
@Daddy: Please learn to take constructive criticism, I am also a Pakistani and on e who loves the county including the armed forces. I was not bashing anyone as my comment started by my feedback to the civil administration. And if you can kindly use ure brain and ponder on past examples when arrangements were made and coast guards and navy divers helped out one such days but not this time and u only see helicopters now when 20 died. So stop putting people up on the tower that none can say anything because as a citizen when my taxes pay their salaries I very well have a right to give them any feed back that will help save lives. I think it would be better for them to help out on these issues more then to intervene every ten years and leave a mess behind.
These tragedies bring the question where are the parents and where is the responsibility of family.Are we not responsible for safety of our kids and grand kids ? If they were adults and proper signs were posted then it was a very tragic decision to take on Mother Nature. Let us not blame everything on government.i
@Ansari: What's even more shameful is that people like you don't waste a chance to bash Armed Forces. For your kind information, Navy helicopters are already engaged in Search & Rescue operation. Civil administration's job is to be done by civil administration. Then you guys want to drag Armed Forces in every issue complicated by concerned authorities' incompetence & corruption; and then complain when Army makes its presence felt in corridors of power. Be logical.
@Jibran: Start paying the electricty dues. Yes that is the fault of Sindh and KPK. Patronage of Kunda systems must stop.
To be Very Honest its not fault of any Provincial Government, this evening I was there and I had seen life guards were literately doing their job and they even had a fight with few people who were not moving from places where water had started increasing, yet people were going there. From this incident I see it as one of the example, where we don't want to play our part and yet blame government for nothing. May Allah give courage to the families of departed souls.
While pole's stability is government's responsibility, its safe to assume that you just wont get any thing from their side done to better lives of people who always insist on giving their votes to the corrupt and incompetent. I am but amazed at the carelessness of people running/ swimming as fast as they can to find death. I'm really speechless how people are dying in a warzone compared to ignorant/ careless ones trying hard to produce competition. Some humans just dont deserve a brain.
What happened is extremely tragic, but more shameful is the city administrations attitude that already there is not much to do for the huge population with the only thing left is to visit sea side and on just this one Eid day knowing how busy it will be they could not arrange life guards or any other service. Also shameful is the Pakistan Navy and Coast guard attitude that on one imp day they could not even spare at-least 25 to 50 life guard divers to protect from such tragedy. Extremely shameful.
RIP. This Eid has been bad for the children of Gujranwala. First 2 Ahmadi children were burnt to death by Mulla-inspired mobs,now these children. So sad !!
"The children were playing outside when an electric poll falls on them killing all three on the spot."
Heart-wrenchingly tragic but zero marks for grammar.
"The electrocution of children in Gujranwala is the fault of the Sindh or KPK governments, and the drones." - Abid Sher Ali.