Three minor brothers drown in stagnant rainwater.

KARACHI -- At least three children, all brothers, drowned in stagnant rainwater in Gul Hasan Brohi Goth near Gulshan-e-Maymar area of the city on Wednesday.

According to details, the four brothers were playing in a pond of water in Gul Hasan Brohi Goth during rainfall when one of them slipped to deep water. The others tried to go after him and also drowned,' said one of the eye-witnesses adding that the water was stagnant in the area since it was not drained out from past rains.

The rescue teams and local residents carried all out efforts to save the children and were successful in rescuing two of them initially. However, later the third one who was also in critical condition died during the treatment.

The bodies and injured were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors pronounced two of them dead on arrival while the third one died when efforts were underway to suck...