A fishing boat bearing four men, hijacked in the high seas near Port Qasim, leaving a fisherman’s death while three others were rescued, officials said.
According to spokesman for Coastal Media Center Kamal Shah from Ibrahim Hyderi, the boat, which belonged to local fishermen, met with an accident and sank unexpectedly.
Rescue teams managed to save three of the men, but one, identified as 70 -year -old Captain Somar, son of Usman and popularly known as OSU, drowned. His body was later moved to Jinnah Hospital for after-Mortem examination.
They saved the deceased Captain’s son, Abid, along with Ali Asghar, son of Aziz and Kabir.
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President of the Fishermen Cooperative Society, Fatima Majeed, expressed grief over the incident and said timely rescue efforts had prevented further loss of life. She expanded compassion to the deprived family.
At the end of July, the body of a young fisherman, Zeeshan, was recovered and handed over to his family when it left the city’s coastal fishing, Ibrahim Hyderi, in shock.
The discovery came only a day after the funeral of his father, Ayub, who had drowned with other fishermen when their boat capable of near Gwadar in strong wind.
Back-to-back losses left the tight fishing society in deep shock and sorrow.
