Libya:  Bodies of 11 Pakistanis  arrive in Islamabad on Wednesday

 By Muhammad Luqman

Bodies of Eleven Pakistani citizens, who died in the tragic boat incident in sea near Libyan coast, will arrive at Benazir Bhutto International Airport  on  February 14, Wednesday at 4 pm. According to reports, at least 90 people were feared dead in the incident. Two survivors managed to save their lives by swimming to the shore while another was rescued by a fishing boat, reports added. According to Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal, the bodies of 16 Pakistanis were recovered after a boat carrying migrants capsized near the Libyan coast in the early hours of Friday. Faisal  said that eight bodies have been identified with the help of documents while four others were identified with the help of their friends; though their documents were not yet found. Foreign Office spokesman said that the identity papers of six other individuals have also been retrieved in the rescue operations but the bodies were still missing. All the victims belong  to different areas of the Central Pakistan province of Punjab  including, Mandi Bahauddin, Gujrat, Rawalpindi and Sargodha. Similar cases have also been reported in the past where people belonging to Punjab have lost their lives in an attempt to cross over into Europe in the hope of a better future. The names and the contact details of the officers who are coordinating the arrival at the airport are:

1. Mr. Ikram ul Haq s/o Azmat Ullah Mandi Bahauddin BG6397621 34402-5789762-1 Mr. Inaam Ul haq (Brother) 03456782015
2. Mr. Muhammad Qasim Baig s/o Muhammad Amjad Mandi Bahauddin BA3926612 34401-8269661-5 Mr. Muhammad Amjad Baig (Father) 03143942737
3. Mr. Waleed Akram S/o Muhammad Akram Gujrat ETD(No.SS663952) CX1325811 34201-3482581-9 Mr. Adnan Ali (Brother) 03466832790
4. Mirza ghulam Fareed s/o Mirza Ghulam Nabi Rawalpindi AE8978763 37401-3075876-5 Ms. Safiah (Relative) 030495119517
5. Mr. Tanzeel-ur-Rehman s/o Muhammad younis Sialkot ETD (No.SS663951) AJ7717801 34640-514780-5 Mr. Muhammad Tasleem (Relative) 0348-6717583
6. Mr. Muhammad Aziz s/o Abdul Rehman Sargodha CC1816231 38403-2249623-7 Mr. Muhammad Ashraf (Relative) 03006028297
7. Mr. Luqman Ali s/o Shoukat Ali Gujrat ETD (No.SS663953) EM1818131 34201-8905813-1 Mr. Abdul Ghafoor (Father) 0344-684421 Mr. Shoukat Ali (Uncle)0349-4519730

8. Mr. Kashif Jamil s/o Muhammad jamil Gujrat CD820703 342020-7277031 Mr. Sulman Saleem (Brother) 0343-5844558 & Mr. Habib 03425993009
9. Mrs. Azmat Bibi w/o Muhammad ismail Gujrat KV3100441 34202-4184044-6 Mr. Afzal Muhammad (Relative) 0301-8845825
10. Mr. Mazhar Hussain s/o Mumtaz Hussain Gujrat ETD (No. SS663955) VQ6893342 34201-4834334-5 Mr. Awais Ullah (Friend) 3459738858
11. Mr. Farhan Ali s/o Muhammad Sharif Gujrat ETD (No.SS663954) GH1817941 34201-4127794-1 Mr. saqib Ali (Brother) 00923127789900

Following two dead-bodies will be dispatched later after completion of due process

12. Mr. majid Hussain S/o Talib Hussain Gujrat ETD (No.SS663956) ED6890252 34201-0587025-7 Mr. Sajid Hussain (Brother) 0343-4953856
13. Mr. Muhamma Luqman s/o Muhammad Ajmal Jaranwala, Faisalabad ETD (No.SS663957) AJ8356321 33104-7812632-3 Mr. Hazqeel Ahmed (brother) 0331-7632169