Minor boy drowns in open manhole sparking anger on social media.
KARACHI: A minor boy fell and drowned in an open manhole in Shah Faisal Colony on Sunday evening, rescue officials said.
“A family had gone to attend a wedding at the Tahira Ashrafi Hall.”
He said that two brothers — six-year-old Ibad, and four-year-old Huzaifa — came out of the hall while playing and fell in an open manhole leading to a nearby _drain_.”Remember that,” quoted MQM spokesperson.
The official said: “As soon as people heard about it, they rushed here immediately … but there was no trace of Huzaifa.”
Rescue team efforts to find the boy were in vain.
– A rescue operation also took place two kilometers away at Bagh-i-Korangi.
- “Rescuers found the child’s body floating in water.”
- “The corpse was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities.” “Published in Dawn, January 6th, 2025”
Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori took notice of the incident. He talked to Mayor Murtaza Wahab and urged him to take steps to cover open manholes across the city.
“The opposition Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan slammed the Pakistan Peops Party-led provincial government … demanded province’s top authorities to take notice of the failures.”
