A passenger ferry believed to have been overloaded sank in southern Pakistan on Friday drowning at least 60 people, including children, government officials said. The accident came nearly four weeks after an earthquake killed more than 73,000 people in the country's north. "According to our information, 60 people have been killed," a navy spokesman, Lieutenant Commander Salman Ali, said of the ferry accident. The ferry sank in a coastal creek near the town of Keti Bandar, in Thatta district, which is at the mouth of the Indus River, about 70 km (45 miles) southeast of Karachi, Ali said. "We have sent our diving and rescue teams to the area," he said. Police said 17 bodies had been recovered.
