ISLAMABAD – Embassy of Pakistan in Italy continued to vigorously follow the case of Pakistanis aboard the vessel that capsized off the coast of Italy on Sunday, according to the Foreign Office.

In tweets on social media platform Twitter, the Foreign Office said, “A senior Embassy official today met 16 Pakistani survivors of capsized vessel. They seemed in good physical condition. According to them there were 20 Pakistanis on the ship. Embassy is in close contact with Italian authorities to verify status of the 4 missing Pakistanis.”

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FIA begins human trafficking investigation following boat tragedy,

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has begun an investigation into the involvement of human traff­ickers in sending illegal migrants aboard who drowned off the coast in southern Italy on Sunday.

A boat carrying 20 Pakistani migrants sank off the coast in southern Italy. In addition, the death toll from the incident incr­e­a­sed to 62 on Monday with the majority of victims feared to be Pakistanis.

According to an FIA’s statement, teams have been constituted to probe the matter and arrest the traffickers who had illegally sent the victims.

The agency has also started contacting heirs of the deceased, most of whom hailed from Punjab’s Gujrat district.