Pakistan’s mission in Tripoli has reported that a vessel carrying foreign nationals including Pakistanis has sunk near the Harawa coast, Sirte City (Eastern Libya).

A Pakistan embassy team’s visit to Sirte City has confirmed the recovery of 11 bodies of migrants. Of these, four have been identified as Pakistani nationals based on their national documents, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Office here on Tuesday.

Two bodies remain unidentified. The details of the identified Pakistani nationals are: Zahid Mehmood s/o Liaqat Ali, Sameer Ali s/o Raja Abdul Qadeer, Syed Ali Hussain s/o Shafqat ul Hussnain, and Asif Ali s/o Nazar Muhammad.

According to the Foreign Office, the Embassy in Tripoli is actively working to gather more information about the affected Pakistani nationals and is in contact with the local authorities.

The Crisis Management Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been activated to monitor the situation. For inquiries, it may be contacted at: Phone No: 051-9207887, Email: [email protected]

Emergency contact details at the Embassy are: Ashique Ali, HOC: +92-305-2185882, Hassan Saleem, PRO: +218-91-8644064.