A vessel with around 65 passengers, including Pakistani nationals, capsized near the port of Marsa Dela, northwest of Zawiya city, Libya.
This incident follows last month’s tragedy near Morocco, where at least 13 Pakistanis lost their lives.
The Foreign Office said on Monday that Pakistan’s embassy in Libya was seeking information about the “Pakistani affectees” on the ill-fated boat. In a statement today, the FO said, “Our Embassy in Tripoli has reported that a vessel carrying approximately 65 passengers capsized near the port of Marsa Dela, northwest of Zawiya city, Libya.”
It added that the Pakistan Embassy in Tripoli had promptly sent a team to “Zawiya hospital to assist the local authorities in identifying the deceased.”
The statement further mentioned, “The embassy is also working to gather more details about the Pakistani affectees.”
It remains unclear whether the passengers on the vessel were migrants.
