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Apr‘20 Pakistanis’ among missing after boat capsizes off Italy
By Waseem Ashraf Butt Published in Dawn on April, 08, 2026 • Families say victims hailed from Gujrat, Gujranwala regions; one survives • Over 80 migrants went missing after boat carrying 120 people sank in Mediterranean GUJRAT: After a boat carrying more than 100 migrants capsized off the coast of […]
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AprAsia’s migrant workers debate if Gulf jobs are worth deadly risk of Iran war
Azadeh Moshiri Published in bbc.com on April 01, 2025 All Norma Tactacon can do is pray as the sirens blare. The 49-year-old, who works in the Middle East as a domestic worker, is thousands of miles away from her home in the Philippines, where her husband and three children live.[…]
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MarPM says expanding scope of Roshan Digital Account to strengthen Pakistan as ‘attractive investment destination’
Published in Dawn on March, 27, 2026 Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that expanding the scope of the Roshan Digital Account (RDA) scheme to foreign investors would further strengthen Pakistan as “an attractive investment destination” and would expand financial markets, according to a handout from the Prime Minister’s[…]
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MarAt least 53 dead after migrant boat capsizes off Libya
Published in The News on February 10, 2026 At least 53 people, including two infants, have died after a rubber boat carrying 55 passengers capsized off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency has said. The only survivors, two Nigerian women, were rescued by Libyan authorities on Friday, the[…]
