Director General of the National Security and the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance, Adelatif Hammouchi, met Monday in Rabat with Salman Choudhry, acting inspector general of police at Pakistan’s Ministry of Interior,

ISLAMABAD (AP) — More than 40 Pakistanis are feared to have drowned in the capsizing of a boat off West Africa's Atlantic coastline, which has emerged as a primary point of departure for migrants aiming to reach Europe. President Asif Ali Zardari expressed grief over the deaths and stressed the need for strict measures to curb human trafficking.

Pakistani authorities have identified 21 nationals among the survivors of a tragic boat accident off the coast of Morocco that resulted in the deaths of 50 migrants, including 44 Pakistanis. The boat,

Pakistan said that the boat, carrying 80 passengers including some Pakistanis, had set off from Mauritania on their way to the Canary Islands.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign ... have been identified among the survivors of the boat tragedy near Dakhla, Morocco,” the foreign office said in a statement on Sunday.

ISLAMABAD (AP ... had set off from Mauritania and capsized near Dakhla, a Moroccan-controlled port city in the disputed Western Sahara. Almost all the Pakistanis who were on the boat were ...