Boat capsizes: all fishermen rescued

KARACHI: About 50 fishermen were rescued as their boat capsized in the sea near Karachi, due to strong winds and high waves in the sea.

A group of fishermen left Ibrahim Haidari for Hajimaru, an area between Karachi and Thatta for fishing early in the morning but due to high winds their boat turned turtle.

“The fishing boat capsized in Arabian Sea, was carrying around 50 fishermen,” a spokesperson of the Coastal Media Centre said.

“The boat  drowned in the sea in Hajamro Creek between Karachi and Thatta,” spokesman stated.

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The Fishermen’s Cooperative Society has said that all fishermen onboard a capsized boat, have been rescued. “Strong winds in the sea caused drowning of the fishing boat near Hajamro”.

The incident took place due to the mistake of a fisher man who amid strong waves threw the net in the wrong direction of the captain of the boat.

“The captain of the boat had thrown the fishing net on wrong side of the boat,” Nasir Buneri, an official of the society said. “All fishermen have sustained minor injuries in the mishap”.

The Fishermen’s Cooperative Society’s staff has been present at the spot, he added.

Boats were sent from Ibrahim Hyderi, Karachi’s main fishermen settlement, for search of the fishermen missing in the incident