Pakistani team visits Zawiya Hospital in Libya to identify bodies of immigrants

A team dispatched by the Pakistan Embassy in Tripoli visited Zawiya hospital and talked to the local authorities about identification of the bodies of the Pakistanis who lost their lives in the latest shipwreck incident. 

Bodies will be most probably identified with the help of fingerprints, 24NewsHD reported. 

Earlier, the Pakistani Embassy in Tripoli was informed that a vessel carrying approximately 65 passengers capsized near the port of Marsa Dela, North West of Zawiya city, Libya.

The Crisis Management Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been activated to monitor the situation. For any query related to this incident, the following numbers can be contacted: 

Parep Tripoli 

03052185882(WhatsApp)

+218913870577(Cell)

+218 91-6425435(WhatsApp) 

Crisis Management Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Islamabad 

Phone No: 051-9207887

Email: cmu1@mofa.gov.pk