A search operation was underway for four people who went missing while boating and bathing at recreational spots in different districts of Pakistan ‘s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the Rescue 1122 service said on Friday.
A boat capsized in Kund Park in the Nowshera district on Thursday and seven people submerged as a result of it. Of them, six were rescued, according to Rescue 1122.
In another incident in Charsadda, six people went under water while bathing in Khayali canal and the rescuers three of them. Three were still missing.
“An operation by Rescue 1122 is ongoing in search of the four missing persons,” a Rescue 1122 spokesperson said in a statement on Friday. “One person in Kund and three in Charsadda are missing.”
The incidents occurred as a large number of people visited recreational spots on the second day of Eidul-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramazan.
Muslims around the world offer special prayers on Eid morning, spend time with loved ones, organize lavish meals and go for recreational activities during the three-day religious festival.
The Rescue 1122 spokesperson said teams of divers had already been deployed at picnic and recreational spots on account of Eid. “Rescue 1122 diving teams have rubber boats and all other equipment,” the spokesperson added.