- 12 civilians were saved in this boat accident
- June 19 has been declared as the state mourning day
- Nine people detained in Pakistan-administered Kashmir
Pakistani authorities arrested 10 alleged human traffickers on Sunday, days after hundreds of migrants were feared drowned in a Greece boat disaster. At the same time, the Prime Minister’s Office of Pakistan issued a statement declaring Monday, June 19 as a day of state mourning. Along with this, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered immediate action against the agents involved in human trafficking and said that they will be severely punished.
An estimated 400 to 750 people were on board the boat
At least 300 Pakistani nationals were killed when a stricken trawler sank off Greece’s Peloponnese peninsula on Wednesday, according to local media. According to a joint statement by the International Organization for Migration and the UN Refugee Agency, there are an estimated 400 to 750 people on board.
Officials said nine people were detained in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, home to most of the victims. While one was detained from Gujarat. It is a city that has long served as a springboard for migrants. Chaudhary Shaukat, a local official in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, helped facilitate the entire process of nabbing the smugglers.
12 Pakistani nationals survived the boat accident
At the same time, Pakistan’s foreign ministry on Saturday said 12 civilians had survived, but there was no information on how many people were in the boat. While an immigration official told AFP on condition of anonymity that the figure could be more than 200.
Because of this, thousands of Pakistanis were forced to leave the country.
Let us tell you that thousands of Pakistanis have been forced to leave the country legally and illegally due to political upheaval and the economy on the brink of collapse. Every year, thousands of young Pakistanis make the perilous journey trying to enter Europe illegally in search of a better life.
