ISLAMABAD - Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday (Feb 27) said over two dozen Pakistanis were believed to be among 59 people who drowned when a boat carrying migrants to Europe crashed against rocks near the southern Italian coast. At least 81 people survived Sunday's accident, with 20 hospitalised including one person in intensive care, Italian authorities said. The...
Remains of a ship are seen along the beach where bodies of suspected believed to be refugees were found after a shipwreck, in Cutro, the eastern coast of Italy's Calabria region, Italy, on Feb 26, 2023.ISLAMABAD - Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said over two dozen Pakistanis were believed to be among 59 people who drowned when a boat carrying migrants to Europe crashed against rocks near the southern Italian coast.
The wooden boat, which sailed from Turkey, is said to have carried people from Iran and Afghanistan as well. He added: "I have directed the foreign office to ascertain facts as early as possible and take the nation into confidence."
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