Author: Unknown
Published on: 31/01/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Ahmed Ishaq Jahangir became highest-profile casualty in a sweeping organisational purge following the deaths of at least 43 Pakistanis off the coast of Morocco earlier in January. The drowning incident came to light when Moroccan authorities rescued 36 people after their boat was stranded in the Mediterranean Sea for 13 days. Just four weeks before that, Greek authorities and merchant navy ships carried out four separate rescue missions near the Greek coast, saving at least 200 people. FIA said more than 50 officials had been blacklisted from any immigration checkpoints or anti-human trafficking units across the country. These moves follow mounting criticism of the government for failing to dismantle human smuggling rackets. Most came from Punjab, Pakistan’s most prosperous and populous province. Most came from cities such as Gujrat, Sialkot, Gujranwala and Mandi Bahauddin. Pakistan’s migration numbers remained relatively consistent, according to Frontex. Nearly 300 Pakistanis were killed or declared missing in the Adriana boat disaster in the Mediterranean in June 2023. If that route was long, the trip that Pakistanis who died off Morocco took was even more circuitous. Only 104 people survived, including 12 Pakistanis. Frontex data also shows a nearly 50 percent decline in the number of Pakistanis reaching Europe in 2024. Pakistan has consistently ranked among, or close to, the top 10 countries whose citizens have sought entry into Europe through irregular means over the last decade. The government insists economic hardship is not the sole reason for migration. Officials argue that social pressures play a more significant role. FIA official says it was just as important to provide awareness and awareness to people who put their lives at risk “knowingly” thousands of Pakistanis remained stranded in Libya, he said.
Original: 1612 words
Summary: 300 words
Percent reduction: 81.39%