(28 Feb 2025)
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Parachinar, Pakistan – 28 February 2025
1. Various of locals and government officials unloading coffins from a helicopter
2. Various of people around ambulances
3. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Mukhtar Hussain, uncle to Ashfaq Hussain, who died in a boat incident of the coast of Libya:
"He ran away from home due to unemployment and insecurity. He was just 20-years-old and has two daughters. He got married just four years ago. The only reason he ran away was due to unemployment and (financial) insecurity.”
4. Pan of people praying
5. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Sabir Hussain, lost two cousins in a boat incident of the coast of Libya:
"The situation in the area of Parachinar is worst. Instead of living in Parachinar people prefer death, they try to go anywhere and take risks with their life. They try to go somewhere where they can find a job and live a peaceful life but, unfortunately, we are receiving bodies, which is a long-term concern for the government."
6. Various of an ambulance carrying coffin reaching a burial site
7. Various of people participating in funeral service
STORYLINE:
The bodies of 12 out of at least 16 Pakistanis who died this month when a boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants sank off Libya’s coast have been repatriated to Pakistan, officials said Friday.
Most of the victims who died in the capsizing were from Kurram, a district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The boat was carrying more than 60 Pakistani nationals, and out of them 37 people were rescued, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Ten people remained unaccounted for.
Ashfaq Ahmed, a government administrator, said nine of the 12 bodies were sent to Kurram by helicopters on Thursday and Friday.
He said the bodies of the four remaining victims will be brought home soon.
Libya, which shares borders with six nations and has a long coastline along the Mediterranean, is a main transit point for migrants escaping war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East to seek better lives in Europe.
Every year, hundreds of Pakistanis die while attempting to reach Europe via perilous land and sea routes, often facilitated by human smugglers.
In January, authorities said dozens of Pakistanis died when a boat capsized off West Africa.
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