Pakistan widens search for human traffickers after a boat carrying hundreds sank off Greece’s coast

By MUNIR AHMED
Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s police have widened its search for human traffickers after a tragedy off the Greek coast last week that left more than 500 migrants feared drowned, including many Pakistanis. Families across Pakistan feared for the fate of their loved ones as the nation observed a day of mourning on Monday. The fishing trawler packed with migrants overturned and went down early on Wednesday in one of the deadliest-ever incidents in the central Mediterranean Sea. It was carrying as many as 750 people, including scores of Pakistanis. A search-and-rescue operation has since been underway. Pakistani police have so far arrested nearly two dozen suspects, including two key suspected traffickers.