Bodies of four Pakistani boat victims repatriated
Family members and residents carry the coffin of Arslan Khan, a victim of last month’s migrant boat capsizing off North Africa, during his funeral ceremony in Mirza Virkan village, in eastern Punjab province, on February 6, 2025. Photo: AFP
The remains of four Pakistani nationals who died in a boat capsizing incident near the Moroccan port reached on Wednesday night.
The bodies were identified after an extensive process of verification by the NADRA.
A boat carrying several Pakistanis was capsized near the Moroccan port of Dhakla on January 16.
The Pakistani nationals whose mortal remains arrived in Islamabad through a Saudi Airline flight SV726, included Hamid Shabbir (Passport No: CZ5133683), Muhammad Arslan Khan (Passport No: LM453261), Qaisar Iqbal (Passport No: GR1331413) and Sajjad Ali (Passport No: XX1836111).