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12 drown at Karachi’s Hawkesbay

KARACHI: At least 12 people have drowned at Karachi’s Hawkesbay Beach today: “So far 10 bodies have been recovered while divers are still looking for two more,” Edhi Welfare personnel  informed.

Sources privy to Newspakistan.tv while providing details told that all deceased belonged to two families based in Nazimabad.

Members of the said  families converged at Sandpit for picnicking. Despite the so-called-ban on swimming few children jumped into the water and got stuck in a whirlwind.

As other members of the family tried to rescue the kid(s) they too were sucked in by the death lurking beneath the surface of the blues.

Among those who lost their lives in today’s tragic incident include two brothers, a man, his daughter and a teenage son. 

Last month, son of Saudi Vice-Consul General, along with two other Saudi nationals, drowned near Neelum point at Hawkesbay Beach.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.