INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Peshawar: At least four people have been killed and 21 still missing after a boat capsized in Khyber Paktunkhwa , officials said Thursday,
with a rescue operation continuing as hopes for finding survivors fade.The boat was carrying passengers along the Indus River from Shangla
to Haripur district on Wednesday when it overturned."There were 38 people on the boat when the incident occurred and 13 people saved their
lives by swimming to the shore," local police official Zahid Ullah told AFP
"We have retrieved four dead bodies from the river including two women and children," he said
"The flow of the water is very fast the river is very deep which has dimmed the chances of survival, however we will continue the rescue
operation till the last individual is found," he added
Senior police official Mohammad Ali Babakhel said the accident took place in a remote location with little communication, meaning officials
did not learn of it until well after it happened."People only came to know about the incident when a second boat carrying passengers passed
through the area," he told AFP."The rescue operation is still going on but there are little chances of survival," he said
Babakhel said the locals in the northern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa use boats for travelling because the roads in the area are unpaved
and it saves them time.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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