Some 35 of all boats were completely destroyed while five of them have sustained structural damages which the boat owners say encountered weather calamity.
In an intelligence-based offshore operation approximately 1000 kilograms of hashish with a value of over 2.5 billion rupees captured by the Navy near coastal town of Ormara in Balochistan, the Navy's spokesperson said.
KARACHI: The Pakistan Navy on Sunday conducted an operation and rescued eighteen fishermen stranded near Ormara, Balochistan.
A spokesman for the Pakistan Navy said they received reports of an incident and launched the operation. All the men on the boat stranded at sea have been rescued.
The fishing boat named "Ar-Rehman" had departed Karachi on December 25. The fishermen were safely moved to Jinnah naval base where they have been provided medical aid.
GWADAR: Twenty people were injured in a bus-ambulance collision near Ormara town in Gwadar district of Balochistan, ARY News reported.
According to details, the passenger bus was heading to Mand from Karachi when it crashed into an ambulance.
Twenty people sustained injuries in the traffic mishap. The victims were rushed to Naval Hospital in Ormara for treatment.
The medical condition of five persons is said to be critical. They were shifted to medical facilities in Karachi for treatment of their injuries.