Relatives gather around the bodies of Pakistanis, who died earlier this month when a boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants sank off the coast of Libya, after that were transported to Kurram by helicopters, in Kurram, a district in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Dilawar Hussain)
PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — The bodies of 12 out of at least 16 Pakistanis who died this month when a boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants sank off Libya’s coast have been repatriated to Pakistan, officials said Friday.
Most of the victims who died in the capsizing were from Kurram, a district in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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