{"id":14992,"date":"2025-07-27T18:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T18:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14992"},"modified":"2025-07-27T18:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T18:04:19","slug":"bodies-of-four-missing-fishermen-recovered-off-gwadar-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14992","title":{"rendered":"Bodies of four missing fishermen recovered off Gwadar coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Authorities on Sunday recovered four more bodies from a fishing boat that capsized near Gwadar, bringing the total death toll to five. The boat, carrying six fishermen from Karachi, sank due to strong winds and rough waves in the Arabian Sea earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased include Ayub, a resident of Ibrahim Hyderi, whose body was recovered a day earlier and laid to rest on Sunday. His son Zeeshan, also among the victims, is expected to be brought to Karachi from Gwadar by Monday night. The remaining three victims, identified as residents of Machar Colony, were also transported to the city for burial.<\/p>\n<p>One fisherman miraculously survived the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0One dead, several missing as boat sinks near Gwadar<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) media coordinator Kamal Shah confirmed that six fishermen were on board at the time of the accident. \u201cFive have died while one survived,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>PFF Chairman Mehran Ali Shah, speaking to media at Ayub\u2019s funeral, said the fishing community faces daily risks at sea to provide for their families. \u201cWhen they are unable to fish, they are left with hunger and poverty,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He demanded the Sindh government set up rescue centres along the coast and provide speedboats to ensure timely responses during maritime emergencies. Shah also urged the Fishermen Cooperative Society and relevant authorities to offer immediate financial aid to the victims\u2019 families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSindh\u2019s fishermen contribute over Rs24 billion in taxes annually. It\u2019s time the government invests in their safety,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities on Sunday recovered four more bodies from a fishing boat that capsized near Gwadar, bringing the total death toll to five. The boat, carrying six fishermen from Karachi, sank due to strong winds and rough waves in the Arabian Sea earlier this week. The deceased include Ayub, a resident of Ibrahim Hyderi, whose body [&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-14992","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\/14992","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=14992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}