A sad story unfolded by Al-Jazeera because our media house are too busy propagating each news of PDM.
Quetta, Pakistan – For nearly a month now, rescue officials in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province have been searching for two men trapped inside a coal mine, as their anguished families prepare for the worst and demand their bodies.
The two coal miners have been trapped since May 4 inside the mine in Dukki district, 320km (198 miles) from Balochistan’s capital Quetta, the hub of Pakistan’s coal production.
“Rescue workers have dug 900 feet [274m] into the mine and are now digging from all four sides to locate the miners, but the chances of finding them alive are quite bleak,” Abdul Ghani, Balochistan’s chief inspector of mines told Al Jazeera.
“It would be a miracle if they are found alive,” he said.
The two men, 22-year-old Abdul Baqi and Sharafuddin, 26, were trapped after the mine collapsed following heavy rainfall, officials said.
Family members of the trapped miners have been camping close to the mine and have urged officials to hand over their bodies.
“We are tired of waiting and want our men back – dead or alive,” Abdul Sattar, a relative of one of the men, told Al Jazeera.
Local police officials say there is little hope of locating the men at all.
“Rescue workers are clueless about the [location of the] miners,” Syed Saboor Agha, a police officer in Dukki, said.