The rescue teams recovered the body from a retired colonel on Thursday, which had disappeared since his car was swept away by Rainwaters and slipped into a drain in Rawalpindi last week. The search for his daughter, who was with him at the time, continues.
The incident occurred when the father and daughter’s car was swept away by the rapidly moving water from a seasonal watercourse that connects sector 4 and phase 7 of a private housing company in Islamabad.
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Eye witnesses said they had seen both the signaling of the aid, but due to the flow of the water, they could not be saved.
A joint rescue operation involving the Pakistani army, the PDMA (province of disaster management), rescue 1122, and other agencies started immediately after the departure of the car.
Despite the incessant efforts throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, the operation failed to locate the missing father and daughter.
Research resumed early Thursday with renewed hopes to find them.
Thursday afternoon, rescue teams recovered the vehicle door and the hood under the SOAN river bridge, which extends to the drain where the car would have disappeared.
The excavations focused on the deeper sections of the river, and the managers have expressed optimism now that the water levels have decreased.
The rescue 1122 confirmed that the colonel (retired) Qazi Ishaq was found under the bridge connecting sector 4 and phase 7 of the housing company.
The search for her daughter continues, the recovery teams were still focused on the surrounding areas.
Meanwhile, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), rain, wind and thunderstorms are expected in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan and the northeast of Balutchistan in the next twelve hours.
Strong precipitation is probably at the top of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Gilgit-Baltistan, the POLHOHAR region and northeast Punjab, during this period, added PMD, warning that these conditions could cause localized floods and disruptions.
Meanwhile, PMD is planning warm and humid weather in the southern regions of the country.
Temperature readings this morning: Islamabad 25 ° C, Lahore 28 ° C, Karachi 30 ° C, Peshawar 27 ° C, Quetta and Gilgit 26 ° C, Murree 15 ° C, Muzaffarabad 24 ° C.
