Shahzada Dawood has been the top trending topic as the Pakistani Twitter prays for the safe return of the lost submersible that was on a mission to the wreckage of the Titanic and went missing Sunday.
Among the five Titanic tourists trapped in the missing Titanic submarine are UK-based board member of the Prince’s Trust charity Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Sulaiman.
Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his teenage son were on board the small underwater craft taking paying tourists to view the famous wreck, which lies 12,500ft beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
The pair are heirs to the great Dawood business dynasty and amongst the richest people in Pakistan – although they live in Surrey, England.
Also read: How did the submersible, with two Pakistanis on board, go missing near Titanic wreck?
A major search effort is underway in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean to locate the submersible and its five passengers. The underwater vehicle named Titan was reported overdue on Sunday night after it lost contact with Polar Prince, the surface ship supporting the submersible around 900 miles off the Massachusetts coast. David Concannon, an adviser to mission organizer OceanGate Expeditions, said Titan had a 96-hour supply of oxygen when it entered the water at around 6 a.m. on Sunday.
Officials have not confirmed the identities of those onboard, but family members and business associates have identified all five.
Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman
Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, Suleman, belong to one of the richest families in Pakistan. The elder Dawood, 48, is vice chairman of Dawood Hercules Corporation Limited, an investment holding company and family business that is more than a century old. The company invests in a wide range of industries including agriculture and healthcare, but Dawood specializes in technology, including companies focused on “transforming industries through the internet of things,” according to an online bio.
Dawood also serves as a trustee of The Dawood Foundation, which supports education initiatives in Pakistan, and the SETI Institute, a California research organization that searches for “intelligent beings in other star systems.” He is also a board member of the Engro Foundation, the social investment arm of fertilizer behemoth the Engro Corporation.
Twitterati send prayers for safe return;
Time is running out for the missing Titanic exploration submaraine. Amongst the 5 passengers, Two of them are Pakistanis. Shahzada Dawood, a multi-millionaire businessman & his 19-year-old son Suleman. We pray for the safe return of all passengers back to land. pic.twitter.com/cY1EnUz2K2
— The Overseas Pakistani (@TheOverseasPak) June 21, 2023
Prayers for Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman who are onboard the missing Titanic submersible with little oxygen left. The trolling against them shows how much our society has regressed and how human life, whether rich or poor has no value in the land of the pure. #titanicsub pic.twitter.com/WGaHzdfRuI
— Hamza Azhar Salam (@HamzaAzhrSalam) June 21, 2023
Vice chairman Engro Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleiman are on board in the missing titanic sub along with 3 others. According to sources 27 hours of oxygen is left inside the submarine. #Titanic #OceanGate #titanicsub pic.twitter.com/fa5qlfxRDT
— Sarcastic محترمہ (@Lailatweets_) June 21, 2023
Shahzada Dawood has his 19 year old only son with him as well on that submarine. This is so tragic and terrible, may a miracle save them.
— Sher Khan (@K4anSh3r) June 21, 2023
Pray ???? for the recovery of:
Paul-Henry Nargeolet, 73
Stockton Rush, 61
Hamish Harding, 58
Shahzada Dawood, 48
Sulaiman Dawood, 19#Titanic #OceanGate pic.twitter.com/JdWtPgOR9l— Usman ???? tweets ???? (@UsmanAli_PTi) June 21, 2023
