Peshawar
All 130 passengers stranded after a boat ran aground near Tarbela Dam in the Haripur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hazara Division were rescued safely, the deputy commissioner said. Haripur Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shauzab Abbas said, “All passengers have been rescued successfully.”
Earlier today, DC Abbas said that a rescue operation was underway to bring back the stranded passengers, while food was also being provided to them. “The operation started at 2pm and concluded before sunset,” he added. The Haripur DC said a Rescue 1122 team and a revenue official took part in the operation, which was being supervised by Haripur Assistant Commissioner Mohammad Hamza Abbas.
According to the DC, the likely reason for the incident was overloading.
