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YEREVAN, JUNE 19, ARMENPRESS. More than 300 Pakistani nationals have been killed in the June 14 sinking of a overcrowded fishing trawler off the coast of Greece, CNN reported citing a statement by a Pakistani official.
The chairman of Pakistan’s Senate, Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani, disclosed the numbers in a statement Sunday.
Greek authorities have yet to confirm Pakistan’s death toll.
About 750 men, women and children were on the packed boat when it capsized last week, the United Nations Migration Agency (IOM) said, killing hundreds and making the tragedy one of the worst in the Mediterranean Sea, according to the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson.
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