ISLAMABAD – A vessel carrying approximately 65 passengers, including Pakistani citizens, capsized near the port of Marsa Dela, North West of Zawiya city, Libya.
The Foreign Office has received information about the incident from Pakistan Embassy in Tripoli, it said in an official statement.
“The Pakistan Embassy in Tripoli has immediately dispatched a team to Zawiya hospital to assist the local authorities in identification of the deceased. The Embassy is also trying to ascertain further details of the Pakistani affectees,” read the statement.
“The Crisis Management Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been activated to monitor the situation. For any query related to this incident, the following numbers can be contacted: Parep Tripoli
03052185882(WhatsApp)
+218913870577(Cell)
+218 91-6425435(WhatsApp).”
The incident comes weeks after a boat carrying 80 passengers, including several Pakistani nationals, setting off from Mauritania, had capsized near the Moroccan port of Dakhla.
Reports suggested over 40 Pakistanis lost their lives in the boat tragedy while 13 bodies were found during rescue operations. The Foreign Office had confirmed the identity of the 13 Pakistanis as process to repatriate their bodies is underway.
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