Eight dead, 20 missing in Malaysia boat accident

Sarfraz Ali 09:17 AM | 25 Jul, 2016

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's coast guard said on Monday that they had retrieved eight bodies after a boat capsized off the southern state of Johor on the weekend, while another 20 people on the boat were believed to be missing.

Local media reported that the boat carrying 62 people - all Indonesian and thought to be illegal immigrants -capsized due to strong waves late on Saturday night.

So far, 34 passengers have been rescued and a search is ongoing for the remaining passengers, a coast guard official told AFP. "I could not save her although she was sitting on my lap at the time of the incident," a rescued man who lost his pregnant wife was quoted as saying in The Star.

"It all seemed like a horrible nightmare." Those rescued have been handed over to the state's immigration department.

The English daily cited an immigration department official as saying that the Indonesians were believed to be making their way back to their own country.

The official added that those rescued, and without proper documentation, would be deported and that the case was under investigation.

Sarfraz Ali

Sarfraz Ali is working as Editor Web for Daily Pakistan. He earned a postgraduate degree in Mass Communication from IUB and diploma in International Print Journalism from Thomson Foundation UK. He regularly writes on ...

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ISLAMABAD – Pakistani rupee finally ended its losing streak against US dollar on Tuesday, gaining Rs4.43 after massive depreciation over the last week.

During the intra-day trading, the rupee was hovering at 266.75 with an appreciation of around 1.07 percent as talks between Pakistan and IMF underway for a stalled bailout programme.

Earlier on Monday, the rupee plunged by Rs7 and the greenback touched all-time high of Rs272. Last week, the local currency dropped by Rs24.54 in the interbank market – the largest single-day depreciation in more than two decades.

Finance experts linked the rupee’s recovery to exporters offloading some of their proceeds as remittances and export continued days after dollar cap was removed.

The country of over 220 million is facing a worst economic crisis with the forex reserved held by the country’s central bank remaining at critical $3.68 billion which were not enough to cover a month's import.

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Gold & Silver Rate

KARACHI – The price of a single tola of 24-karat gold in Pakistan is Rs205,900 on Tuesday. The price of 10 grams of 24k gold was recorded at Rs176,530.

Likewise, 10 grams of 22k gold were being traded for Rs162,500 while a single tola of 22-karat gold was being sold at Rs 182,100.

Note: The gold rate in Pakistan is fluctuating according to the international market so the price is never been fixed. The below rates are provided by local gold markets and Sarafa Markets of different cities.

City	Gold	Silver
Lahore	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Karachi	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Islamabad	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Peshawar	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Quetta	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Sialkot	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Attock	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Gujranwala	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Jehlum	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Multan	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Bahawalpur	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Gujrat	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Nawabshah	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Chakwal	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Hyderabad	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Nowshehra	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Sargodha	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Faisalabad	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370
Mirpur	PKR 205,900	PKR 2,370