As many as 750 men, women and children from Syria, Egypt, the Palestinian territories and Pakistan were on the vessel, trying to reach relatives in Europe.
"But the travel agent had totally brainwashed him, telling him, 'You will only be on the way for two to three days.'Pakistan's economy is suffering record-high inflation and an economic slowdown compounded by devastating floods last year.
Mr Sultan spent roughly four months in Tripoli before setting out to sea, living in what his father said were squalid conditions. Meanwhile, police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir said on Sunday they arrested 12 people involved in sending local youths to Libya for the onward journey to Europe.
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