KARACHI: A dozen people lost lives in rain-related incidents in different areas of Pakistan on Thursday (26th June, 2025).
According to Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecast, the port city will be lashed by rain on Friday and Saturday (27th, 28th June, 2025), as well.
For poor, lower-middle-class and middle-class karachiites, living in the Metropolis’ godforsaken milieu, initially the rain brings relief from the sizzling sun. That misery perpetually makes the existence an agony, as due to Karachi Electric (KE) they suffer from long spells of load-sheddings.
On Thursday, residents of many locales of the Metropolis, including Federal B Area, Gulistan-e-Johar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Liaquatabad, North Karachi, North Nazimabad, PIB Colony and Surjani Town had to suffer from summer heat due to outage cased by tripping KE feeders.
But brief respite (the downpour brings), soon transforms into life-threatening godzilla. The inundated roads, overflowing gutters (that are permanently choked due to negligence of corrupt officials), faulty electric polls/wirings, caving in roofs of crumbling abodes, falling trees and billboards, consume lives.
Ten Drowns in Swat River Flash Flood: A family, consisting of twenty members, having breakfast by the tranquil banks of Swat River, Friday morning, got swept away due to flash flood. According to rescue sources, eight bodies have been pulled out of water.
Three individuals were rescued, while search for the remaining is going on. Shah Fahad, DG of the KP Rescue 1122, further informed: “The rescue operation is being conducted at five different locations and 80 personnel of Rescue 1122 are participating in the search operation.”
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