
African refugees waiting on a rubber boat to be rescued during an operation at sea, on May 24, 2016. — AFP
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ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Tuesday that at least 16 Pakistanis have been confirmed in a boat -caping incident near Libya, while 10 citizens are still missing.
The Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement that a team belonging to the Pakistan Embassy in Tripoli visited Zaviya city and collected information after meeting with local officials and Zavia Hospital administration.
He said, “According to unconfirmed reports, there are 63 Pakistanis on the boat and 16 bodies have been recovered so far and their Pakistani nationalities have been established on the basis of their passports.”
The statement added that “there are 37 survivors, including 33 people in the hospital’s custody. The alleged, about 10 Pakistanis are missing in the crash. Three survivors are in a tapper and embassy. Taking care of. “
The FO has also filed details of the bodies so far, identified as Pakistani nationals, all belonging to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
“The embassy in Tripoli is in the process of collecting more information and maintaining contact with local authorities.”
This was confirmed a day after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), which said that a ship carrying 65 passengers near the port of Marsa Della, northwest of the city of Zaviya, Libya. A pot.
The ministry said that the Pakistan Embassy in Tapri, according to the ministry, sent a team to Zaviya Hospital to send the deceased to Zavia Hospital to help local authorities.
It also revealed that the Crisis Management Unit (CMU) was activated to monitor the situation with those who advised to contact the helpline at 051-920788787.
Meanwhile, relevant officials in Tripoli can be contacted on 03052185882 (WhatsApp), +218913870577 (cellphone) and +218 91-6425435 (WhatsApp).
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said in a statement on Tuesday that the incident was “deeper”: “I have initially informed the Foreign Office in Libya and our mission to detect the facts and fully aware of the nation. Is instructed to keep. “
The Prime Minister also assured that action would be taken against those involved in the abominable act of human trafficking, adding that no negligence would be tolerated in this regard.
‘Rising events’
The latest incident increases the list of migrant boat tragedies, which has resulted in the loss of valuable lives, in recent months dozens of Pakistanis have been submerged in several incidents.
In January, more than 40 Pakistanis were killed after a boat carrying a boat with Spain from the African nation Mauritania.
The ugly boat departed from Mauritania on January 2. Moroccan officials have reported that 66 of the passengers were Pakistani nationals and said they rescued 36 people after the accident.
Earlier, more than 80 Pakistanis were drowned after carrying boats near Greece on December 13 and 14, 2024.
Playing, illegal migration, illegal migration, for social and economic disparity and better lifestyle abroad, forcing people to spend good luck in paying human smugglers to reach Europe.
The government, led by Prime Minister Shahbaz, has ordered strict action against the smugglers, as well as the officials involved in facilitating them in this brutal process.
Since then, Farmer’s Director General Ahmed Ishaq Jahak Jahak Jahak Jahangir was allegedly removed from his office at a slow pace of investigation in boot caps, after which, more than 35 Federal Investigation Agency (F IA) officials have been dismissed. Events and mass illegal migration.
In addition to government measures, Naeemia, Lahore, has also issued a religious order against the use of illegal means to travel abroad from Pakistan.
Religious decree issued by Dr Mufti Ragib Hussain Naeemi and Mufti Imran Hanafi has said that the use of illegal means to go abroad is not only illegal but also a violation of Sharia.