Another vessel carrying 65 Pakistanis capsizes off Libya's coast

Another boat carrying around 65 Pakistanis capsized on Monday near the Marsa Dela port of Libya. The Foreign Office confirmed the incident, stating that Pakistan’s embassy in Libya was seeking details of those affected.

In a statement issued today by the FO stated, “Our Embassy in Tripoli has informed that a vessel carrying approximately 65 passengers capsized near the port of Marsa Dela, North West of Zawiya city, Libya.”

A team from the embassy was immediately dispatched to the hospital for “identification of the deceased.”

“The embassy is also attempting to ascertain further information of the Pakistani affectees,” it added. 

It is unclear whether the passengers on board the vessel were migrants. 

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Citizens can contact the Foreign Office's Crisis Management Unit for any query related to the incident.

The incident followed the Morocco boat capsizing incident, in which over 40 Pakistanis were reportedly murdered by African human traffickers on a boat in the Atlantic Ocean while attempting to enter Europe illegally in January. 

Only 22 out of around 66 survived the tragedy. 

The incident occurred amidst authorities' crackdown against human traffickers, while over 50 officials in the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) were terminated after they were found involved in sending people to foreign countries in illegal manners. 

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FIA Director General Ahmed Ishaque Jehangir was also removed from his post and reassigned as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the establishment division.

Insiders claimed his dismissal was linked to the FIA's failure to curb human trafficking cases.