Daily Times

Five women drowned in River Indus while washing clothes in Jaglot town of Gilgit district on Thursday, police said. Local residents in Jaglot recovered the bodies of two women while search for the remaining three is underway, Superintendent of Police (SP) Gilgit Mohammad Ayaz said, adding that rescue teams have been dispatched from Gilgit city to recover the remaining three bodies. The women were washing clothes alongside the river when one of them slipped into the water. The other four women, who tried to pull her out, were also carried away by the water currents. SP Ayaz said the victims belonged to the same family.