The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that at least 16 Pakistani migrants died after a boat sank off the coast of Zawiya, western Libya.
There were 63 people on board the boat, 37 of whom survived, while ten others are still missing, according to Pakistani media reports.
Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif expressed his deep sorrow over the tragedy and extended his condolences to the victims’ families in a statement, urging officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to complete the identification of the deceased Pakistanis as soon as possible.
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