The Search for Missing Pakistanis Keeps Going
A lot of people might have lost their lives, and the IOM is once more asking the world to take stronger action to help with the search. The urgent need to find the missing Pakistanis remains a top priority.
Tragic situation has unfolded near Libya. The International Organization for Migration says that nearly 60 people, including Pakistani nationals, may have died after two boats went down in the sea during the past week. Authorities are now calling for urgent help and stronger rescue efforts. Efforts continue to locate the missing Pakistanis believed to be involved in these tragedies.
June 12 marked the day the first boat sank near a port close to Tripoli, Libya. As reported by the IOM on Tuesday, 21 people, including women and children, are still missing, and only five have been rescued. Efforts to locate the others are still ongoing. Families of the missing Pakistanis are anxiously waiting for news.
Among those who disappeared in the sea were men and women from countries such as Eritrea, Pakistan, Egypt, and Sudan. The fate of the missing Pakistanis remains uncertain amid ongoing rescue efforts.
Growing Fear for Missing Pakistanis After Boats Sink in Libya
News of another boat disaster has come forward from near Tobruk. Around 35 kilometers from the city, a second boat sank at sea. Only one person survived, and according to what they told the UN, 39 others are still missing. Hopes of finding more survivors are quickly fading. Concern grows for the missing Pakistanis in this second tragedy.
Pain and loss continue to grow as more details come in. Othman Belbeisi, the regional head of IOM for North Africa and the Middle East, said many people may have drowned, leaving their families in deep sorrow. He called on the global community to take quicker and stronger action to rescue others and ensure survivors are safely brought to land. The IOM says time is running out, and more help is urgently needed.
Since the beginning of the year, nearly 743 people have lost their lives while making the dangerous sea journey toward Europe, the statement explained. Many of those included missing Pakistanis, risking everything in search of a better future.
According to the report, this risky way to travel is becoming harder and more unsafe because smugglers are taking bigger risks, there aren’t enough rescue boats, and rules are making it harder for helpers to do their jobs.
Reports from earlier this year highlighted a major loss of life at sea. In early April, a boat filled with people from other nations went under near the Harawa shoreline, east of the city of Sirte in Libya. The Foreign Office later confirmed that among the 11 bodies found, four were identified as Pakistani citizens. The incident serves as a painful reminder of the dangers faced by migrants crossing unsafe waters.
Recent months have seen a rise in migrant boat disasters. This incident added to the growing list of deadly journeys, where many have died at sea. Several of those lost were Pakistani nationals. Calls for stronger action and safer routes are becoming more urgent with each passing tragedy.
Following these sad events, a well-known religious school in Lahore, Jamia Naeemia, spoke out and said that trying to leave Pakistan through illegal ways is against Islamic teachings.
Mufti Raghib Hussain Naeemi and Mufti Imran Hanfi shared a religious message saying that using unlawful ways to travel abroad breaks both the country’s law and Islamic principles.
The message said that taking your own life or doing anything that puts your life in serious danger goes against the rules of Islam.
Islam strictly forbids a person from ending their life or doing anything that could lead to their death, the religious ruling stated. It also encouraged people who wish to move abroad to follow safe and legal ways only.
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