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Five of a family drown near Nawabshah

NAWABSHAH: Five members of a family including four children drowned during a picnic on River Indus near the Aamri bridge some 40 kilometres from here on Friday. The residents of village Lal Khan Magsi, Zulfiqar Magsi took his family to Sehwan Sharif and on return he landed near River Indus.

By our correspondents
August 15, 2015
NAWABSHAH: Five members of a family including four children drowned during a picnic on River Indus near the Aamri bridge some 40 kilometres from here on Friday.
The residents of village Lal Khan Magsi, Zulfiqar Magsi took his family to Sehwan Sharif and on return he landed near River Indus.
Zulfiqar was holding his minor son five year old Dilbar when he slipped from his hands and fell into the river.
Zulfiqar took no time and jumped into the river to rescue his son. Soon his nephews four-year-old Adul Sami and five-year-old Gulzar also fell into the river and their elder brother Rehan also jumped into the river to rescue them. However, all five of them drowned.