ISLAMABAD: Two persons drowned in a nullah in Kural area here on Friday, police said.

Hayat, 18, and Murtaza, 20, residents of Amarpura in Rawalpindi, came to a nullah in Islamabad. During swimming, they went into deep waters where they drowned.

People informed the police who reached the spot with rescue workers and fished out the bodies. They bodies were shifted to a hospital for legal process.

Published in Dawn, May 23rd, 2015

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