Rescue boat capsizes in Pakistan, killing five | International

KARACHI, Sept 7, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A boat rescuing people from floods in eastern Pakistan flipped over, killing a 70-year-old woman and four children, authorities said Sunday. Monsoon rains over the past week swelled three major rivers that cut through Punjab province, Pakistan's agricultural heartland and home to nearly half of its 255 million people. "The incident happened when an underwater object hit Rescue 1122 boat," the provincial disaster management authority's director general Irfan Ali Kathia told local media. "Ten other people were rescued but unfortunately five people lost their lives in the incident," he added of the incident late Saturday. The flooded rivers have affected mostly rural areas near their banks but heavy rain also flooded urban areas, including...