{"id":14638,"date":"2025-07-24T09:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14638"},"modified":"2025-07-24T09:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:05:17","slug":"retired-colonels-body-found-search-for-daughter-swept-away-in-islamabad-floods-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14638","title":{"rendered":"Retired colonel&#8217;s body found, search for daughter swept away in Islamabad floods continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Rescue teams recovered the body of a retired colonel on Thursday, who had been missing 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.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred when the father and daughter\u2019s car was carried away by the fast-moving waters of a seasonal stream that connects sector 4 and phase 7 of a private housing society in Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0Search on for father, daughter lost in flood<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses reported seeing both\u00a0signaling for help, but due to the heavy flow of water, they could not be rescued.<\/p>\n<p>A joint rescue operation involving the Pakistan Army, PDMA (Provincial Disaster Management Authority), Rescue 1122, and other agencies began immediately after the car was swept away.<\/p>\n<p>Despite relentless efforts throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, the operation was unsuccessful in locating the missing father and daughter.<\/p>\n<p>The search resumed early on Thursday with renewed hopes of finding them.<\/p>\n<p>By Thursday afternoon, rescue teams recovered the vehicle&#8217;s door and bonnet beneath the Soan River bridge, which spans the drain where the car was believed to have gone.<\/p>\n<p>Excavations have focused on the deeper sections of the river, and officials have expressed optimism now that water levels have receded.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue 1122 confirmed that Colonel (retired) Qazi Ishaq\u2019s body was found beneath the bridge connecting the housing society\u2019s sector 4 and phase 7.<\/p>\n<p>The search for his daughter continues, with recovery teams still focused on the surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), rain, wind, and thundershowers are expected in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan, and northeast Balochistan over the next twelve hours.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rainfall is likely in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, the Pothohar region, and northeast Punjab, during this period, PMD added, warning that these conditions could lead to localised flooding and disruption.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, PMD forecasts hot and humid weather in the southern regions of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Temperature readings this morning: Islamabad 25\u00b0C, Lahore 28\u00b0C, Karachi 30\u00b0C, Peshawar 27\u00b0C, Quetta and Gilgit 26\u00b0C, Murree 15\u00b0C, Muzaffarabad 24\u00b0C.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rescue teams recovered the body of a retired colonel on Thursday, who had been missing 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\u2019s car was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}