{"id":6522,"date":"2026-07-19T13:16:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6522"},"modified":"2026-07-19T13:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:16:26","slug":"large-number-of-shellfish-wash-ashore-at-karachis-clifton-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6522","title":{"rendered":"Large Number of Shellfish Wash Ashore at Karachi&#8217;s Clifton Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KARACHI:<\/strong> A large number of shellfish have washed ashore at Clifton Beach following rough monsoon sea conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WWF technical adviser <strong>Moazzam Khan<\/strong> said that strong monsoon waves often bring shellfish to the shoreline. The shellfish found at Clifton are known as <strong>blood clams<\/strong>, which have a reddish color due to the presence of hemoglobin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He explained that blood clams are considered a delicacy in many parts of the world. However, he strongly advised Karachi residents not to consume shellfish collected from the city&#8217;s beaches because marine pollution may make them hazardous to human health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moazzam Khan also noted that plastic waste and other debris washed ashore with the shellfish are contributing to foul odors and environmental degradation. He warned that Karachi&#8217;s marine ecosystem is increasingly being damaged by human activities, leading to a decline in marine life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: A large number of shellfish have washed ashore at Clifton Beach following rough monsoon sea conditions. WWF technical adviser Moazzam Khan said that strong..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438328_4449349_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438328_4449349_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438328_4449349_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438328_4449349_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438328_4449349_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438328_4449349_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438328_4449349_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6524,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6522\/revisions\/6524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}