SHANGLA: Four people, including two girls, drowned in a stream and the Indus River in different areas of Chakesar tehsil here on Sunday, Rescue 1122 officials said.

They said that two young cousins drowned in a stream in the Gunangar area of Chakesar while bathing.

Residents recovered both girls and shifted them to the basic health unit in Jatkol, where doctors pronounced them dead.

The bodies were handed over to their families following medico-legal procedures.

The girls were identified as Javeria Bibi, 13, and Rumaisa Inam, 9, residents of Chakesar.

In another incident, Tayba Abdullah, 27, a resident of the Gunangar area, drowned in the Indus River while fetching water for home.

Rescue officials launched a search operation, but it was later suspended due to strong winds and inclement weather.

Additionally, a man, identified as Mohammad Aziz, a resident of the Sarkool area, also drowned in the Indus while bathing.

His body remained untraced as rescue efforts were halted due to the unfavourable weather conditions at the river.

Published in Dawn, May 11th, 2026