Five drown in sea

Staff Report
KARACHI: Five men drowned in the sea on Sunday. Edhi sources said three members of a family drowned off Sandspit beach. Residents of Gulistan-e-Jauhar, the victims were identified as Kazim Abid, aged 40, Nisar Abid and Sibtain, aged 16.

They were swimming in the sea when strong currents swept them away. Divers searched for the bodies, but they had not been found when this report was filed on Sunday night. Another picnicker Asif, resident of Liaquatabad, drowned in the sea off Cape Mount beach. Edhi sources said that an unidentified man also drowned in the sea. The body could not be fished out.


4 including two brothers drowned (http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=68284)
Sunday June 20, 2004 (1140 PST)

KARACHI, June 21 (Online): Four people were drowned in the sea at picnic spots in coastal areas here on Sunday.

Due to sweltering heat, people have started rushing towards picnic spots at sea. Four people were drowned while swimming in the sea at picnic spots. Asif, 25 was drowned in the area of camp mount.

Two brothers and their one cousin were drowned at sands patt. The victims included Nisar Abid, Nizam Abid and Sabtain Sajid.

Not a single dead body has so far been recovered.

Edhi foundation divers are making hectic efforts to search for the bodies.

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KARACHI: Rough sea claims four lives (Dawn)


By Our Staff Reporter

KARACHI, June 20: Four young men died after drowning in the sea off Sandspit and Cape Montz beaches in two separate incidents here on Sunday. According to Mauripur police, three young men including two brothers had come from Gulistan-i-Jauhar to Sandspit.

Police said Nisar, 18, went into sea and was swept away by strong currents. In an attempt to rescue him, his elder brother Sabtain, 22, also drowned. Their friend Kazim Abid also lost his life when tried to rescue the drowning brothers.