Body of Karachi man martyred in Israeli missile attack on Iran still awaits repatriation

Yasir went to Iran on a work visa, died in a missile strike on a tugboat at Iran’s Bandar Abbas port

KARACHI:

A young man from Karachi who was martyred in an Israeli missile attack in Iran has not yet had his body brought back to Pakistan.

Yasir, a resident of the Maripur area in Karachi, had gone to Iran six months ago on a work visa. He was working on a tugboat at Bandar Abbas Port in Iran when a missile targeted his boat, resulting in his death.

Iranian authorities will hand over Yasir’s body to Pakistan. His two brothers and other relatives are present at the Taftan border to receive the body.

Speaking to Express Tribune, Yasir’s brother Wajid said that the body is expected to be handed over either tonight or by Tuesday morning. According to him, the Balochistan government will receive the body from Iranian authorities and then hand it over to the family.

Yasir was a tugboat operator. PHOTO: EXPRESS

A representative of the Edhi Foundation, volunteer Saad Edhi, stated that all arrangements for receiving the body and transporting it to Karachi have been completed. A camp has also been set up at the Taftan border to facilitate the family.

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According to the family, Yasir, 26, had travelled to Iran six months ago in search of employment, working on a tugboat responsible for assisting ships with docking operations near the port. His last contact with his family was on Eid during a video call.

The family said they were informed of the incident by one of Yasir’s colleagues, who reported that their vessel had come under attack. The shipping company later confirmed his death. Yasir, a resident of Younusabad in Mauripur, Karachi, was survived by his wife and a child.

On March 7, another Pakistani death occurred when a fisherman from Gwadar lost his life after debris from an Israeli missile, intercepted by Iranian air defence systems, struck his boat in Iranian waters.

On March 6, falling debris in Abu Dhabi injured six Pakistani and Nepalese nationals because of an intercepted drone and wider missile activity over the UAE.