Pakistan authorities arrest ten alleged human traffickers days after a migrant boat capsized that left dozens of people dead and hundreds missing off the Greek coast
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declares national day of mourning after a fishing trawler packed with migrants sank off the Greek coast, and vows "severe punishment" for those involved in human trafficking.Pakistan’s Ministry of foreign affairs said 12 nationals had survived, but it had no information on how many were aboard the boat / Photo: Reuters
"They are presently under investigation for their involvement in facilitating the entire process," said Chaudhary Shaukat, a local official from Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Local media said as many as 300 Pakistanis had died after a rusty trawler sank near Greece's Peloponnese peninsula on Wednesday.
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