4 drown, 1 missing as boat capsizes in Swat

Two women and as many children drowned while another child remained missing after a boat carrying tourists capsized in the Shahi Bagh lake in Kalam area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat, rescue officials said on Sunday.

Rescue 1122 North Region Spokesperson Shafiqa Gul told Dawn.com that the boat capsized yesterday evening due to strong winds and rain in the tourist attraction of Shahi Bagh lake.

“The bodies of the two women were retrieved from the lake and transported to the Kalam hospital,” the spokesperson said earlier today.