ISLAMABAD, Nov. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- About 80 people feared dead as a boat capsized in southern Pakistan on Friday while four people traveling in the boat swam to the land after the incident.

    According to local press reports, the ferry sank near the southern Pakistani town of Thatta, some 70 kilometers east of the port city of Karachi.

    The reports said that over 80 people from Dars and Soomro clansincluding women and children were traveling in a boat from Khalifa Goth to Ali Mohammad Dars village to attend a funeral.

    The boat capsized in the sea and the cause of the incident is being investigated.

    Four man swam to safety after the incident, Pakistan Fisher Folk Forum sources said. The sources feared that 80 people in the boat had been killed in the incident.

    The Pakistani Navy has sent diving and rescue teams to the area,according to a navy spokesman. Enditem