RAWALPINDI: The body of another boat tragedy victim arrived here at Kallar Syedan, his native town, on Sunday evening after being brought to Islamabad airport from Greece via Doha.

The burial of Saqib Shabbir is scheduled for Monday (today).

The deceased’s family received the body at the Islamabad airport.

The migrants’ boat sank off the coast of Greece on June 14 with around 317 people on board.

The FIA has so far obtained DNA samples of the families of 223 missing youths and sent them for the process of identification of bodies.

Published in Dawn, July 24th, 2023

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