Dar instructed Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior to ensure swift, efficient assistance for Pakistani victims

Twenty officials of the Federal Investigation Agency have come under scrutiny after a probe indicated their alleged involvement in clearing travel documents of the victims who drowned in

The embassy in Morocco reported that a boat carrying 80 passengers, including several Pakistanis, capsized near the Dakhla port in Morocco, having set off from Mauritania as the survivors, including Pakistanis, are currently residing in a camp near Dakhla.

Pakistan has dispatched a high-level investigation team to Morocco following a tragic boat accident that claimed the lives of at least 44 Pakistani migrants. The team will investigate the incident, meet survivors,

According to details, the FIA arrested the smugglers, Shahid Nadeem and Rana Muhammad Asif, who escaped the registered cases.

Says several Pakistani survivors are in a camp near port of Dakhla; NGO chief says 44 Pakistanis among those presumed to have drowned.

A boat carrying over 40 Pakistanis, who were attempting to reach Spain, capsized near Morocco. The Pakistani Foreign Office in a statement said that its embassy in Morocco is in touch with the local authorities.

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have expressed deep grief over the death of Pakistani nationals in a boat accident during its journey from West Africa to Spain. In their separate condolence messages today, they commiserated with the bereaved families and prayed for higher status in heaven for the departed souls.

Their boat capsized off West Africa's Atlantic coastline, which has emerged as a primary point of departure for migrants aiming to reach Europe. View on euronews

Pakistan said that the boat, carrying 80 passengers including some Pakistanis, had set off from Mauritania on their way to the Canary Islands.

Maria Trusa was 9-years-old -- and living in the Domincan Republic -- when she woke up one day and seeing her father choose between her and her brothers to sacrifice to another man.