As per the reports, several areas in the twin cities were flooded with at least one child dead as monsoon rains lashed Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Tuesday. The child’s death occurred due to drowning, in the Leh Nullah in Rawalpindi’s Hazara Colony area, a spokesperson for Rescue 1122 told. The spokesperson said that two friends had dared each other to jump in the Nullah, following which one of them drowned. A search operation was ongoing to recover the child’s body, he added.

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