Former member of Sindh Assembly and Jamaat Islami leader Nasrullah Shaji drowned while trying to save a student who fell in the river.
Deputy leader of Jamaat Islami Karachi, Nasrullah Shaji, drowned in Kunhar River in Mansehra district, while saving a student who fell into the river.
The JI leader, who is principal of a school in Karachi, had brought a group of students of his school for an educational trip to Mansehra’s historic Balakot town.
A 10-grader fell into Kunhar river during the visit, eyewitnesses said. Shaji jumped into the river to save the student but drowned in the river.
The rescue teams have so far not been able to recover either the student or Narullah.