Bodies handed over: Illegal migrants from Sialkot die in Iran

QUETTA: Two men from Sialkot died in Iran while trying to reach Turkey to enter Europe illegally. Their bodies were handed over by Iranian security forces to Balochistan Levies on Pak-Iran border of Taftan in Chagai district. Levies sources said they were waiting for the relatives to collect the bodies after legal formalities. They said that according to information received from Iranian authorities, Muhammad Salman and Muhammad Imran were heading to Turkey through Iran without traveling documents. However, during the course of their journey, the vehicle they were travelling in overturned and the duo died on the spot. It was not clear if the vehicle overturned during a chase by Iranian security forces.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 19^th, 2015.