KARACHI: An 11-year-old girl drowned in a swimming pool of a water park in Gadap Town on Thursday.

Area SHO Mumtaz Marwat said that more than 200 students from a private school in Mehmoodabad were enjoying a picnic at the Sunrise Water Park when the incident took place .

He said Hunaiza Fayaz Shah was swimming in the pool when she drowned. She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The SHO said it was an accidental incident and, therefore, no legal proceedings were initiated.

Man shot dead

A man was shot dead and his father injured in Orangi Town on Thursday, according to police.

SHO Khamiso Khan said that Zar Wali Khan, 22, was gunned down and his father, Abdul Samad, 62, was wounded allegedly by the former’s brother-in-law, Hameed, and three other suspects. Preliminary inquiry suggested that Hameed had contracted a freewill marriage with Zar Wali’s sister about a one year ago and the woman’s family had lodged a kidnapping case against him.

Published in Dawn, September 18th, 2026