ISLAMABAD : Staff Reporter – The Spokesperson of Foreign Office Thursday 16 Jan 2025, said Pakistan’s embassy in Rabat, Morocco has informed that a boat carrying 80 passengers, including several Pakistani nationals, setting off from Mauritania, has capsized near the Moroccan port of Dakhla. Most of Pakistanis were from Gujrat, Sialkot, Gujranwala. It is the third consecutive boat capsize in last few months in which hundreds of Pakistanis lost their lives.
Several survivors, including Pakistanis, are lodged in a camp near Dakhla.
“Our Embassy in Rabat is in touch with local authorities. Additionally, a team from the Embassy has been dispatched to Dakhla to facilitate the Pakistani nationals and provide necessary assistance.
The Crisis Management Unit (CMU) in the Foreign Ministry has been activated and the Deputy Prime Minister / Foreign Minister has instructed the relevant Government agencies to extend all possible facilitation to the affected Pakistanis,” he added.
The contact details of Ministry’s CMU and our focal persons in Rabat are as follows:
Contact Details of the Crisis Management Unit (CMU) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad:
24/7 Crisis Response Center Telephone: 051-9207887, E-mail: cmu1@mofa.gov.pk
Contact Details of Embassy of Pakistan, Rabat: Ms. Rabia Kasuri (Acting Ambassador): +212 689 52 23 65 (WhatsApp)
Noman Ali, Consular Assistant: +92 310 2204672 (WhatsApp).
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his condolences over the tragic death of Pakistanis in a migrant boat accident in Spain and has sought a report from the relevant authorities.
According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed deep sorrow and regret over the boat accident involving migrants traveling from West Africa to Spain.
The prime minister prayed for the elevation of the deceased’s souls and extended condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the accident.
The statement further mentioned that the prime minister sought a report from the relevant authorities and emphasized that strict action would be taken against those involved in the heinous crime of human trafficking.
Last month, the embassy of Pakistan in Greece confirmed the death of six people in the boat tragedy off the Greek coast.
The dead had been identified as Ahmed, Abid, Rehman, Sufyan and Abdullah, the embassy said in a statement.
Amir Aftab Qureshi, Pakistani ambassador to Greece, while talking to the media other day, said 84 Pakistanis were on board the ill-fated boat.
