LONDON
Two sisters from Rawalpindi tragically drowned on June 11 during a visit to Eryri National Park in North Wales with university friends, an inquest has heard.
Hajra Zahid, 29, and Haleema Zahid, 25, were pulled from water pools along the Watkin Path, a popular route to the summit of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon). Their funeral prayers were offered in Northern England on Tuesday night, while their bodies were flown to Pakistan on Wednesday. The sisters had arrived in the UK four months ago to pursue their master’s degrees at Chester University.
Originally from Kahuta and raised in Gulzar-e-Quaid, Rawalpindi, they were living in Maltby, Rotherham. Hajra was married to Hasham Minhas, and they had two sons, aged six and three.
