On 29 January 2023, children from the villages of Mir Bashkhel and Sulaiman Talab had gone on a picnic to
Tanda Dam in
Kohat District
Kohat District ( ps, کوهاټ ولسوالۍ , ur, ) is a district in Kohat Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Kohat city is the capital of the district.
History Mughal era
From the early sixteenth century the history of Ko ...
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...
, Pakistan, but drowned after their boat capsized. Fifty-one children and two adults drowned; five people were rescued – four students and a teacher.
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2023 disasters in Pakistan
2023 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Disasters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
January 2023 events in Pakistan
Kohat District
Maritime incidents in 2023
Shipwrecks in lakes
Maritime incidents in Pakistan
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