(@FahadShabbir)At least six persons belonging to Gujranwala are feared missing, who were travelling by a boat from Libya to Italy, which capsized off Greece coast some days backGUJRANWALA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Jun, 2023 ) :At least six persons belonging to Gujranwala are feared missing, who were travelling by a boat from Libya to Italy, which capsized off Greece coast some days back. Family and police sources said three of those ill-fated persons were residents of Kashmir Colony in Gujranwala, and the other three were from Tehsil Wazirabad. The Kashmir Colony residents have been identified as Amjad, Mohsin and Habib, all three friends, who had left Pakistan almost eight months ago for better job opportunities in some other country. Two cousins � Ali Husnain and Ali Zaib � were residents of Alahabad town, and Sheharyar of Cheema Colony, in Wazirabad tehsil, who were among those feared drowned in the boat tragedy. The families of these men have requested the Pakistan government to help trace their loved-ones.

KALAMATA: Rescuers were scouring the seas off Greece on Saturday in a massive search operation as hopes dwindled for survivors of a shipwreck that estimatedly killed 298 Pakistan nationals. The ship was carrying 310 Pakistan nationals along with other migrants when it met the accident earlier this week. The Pakistan embassy in Greece has confirmed that 12 of the citizens had been rescued, adding that the local authorities had managed to recover 78 bodies as search operation continues for fourth day. Greece boat crash: FO releases list of rescued Pakistani peopleThe Foreign Office (FO) has released a list of rescued Pakistani people in the capsizing incident of a fishing boat in Greece, wherein more than 500 migrants have been presumed drowned. The Embassy is in close contact with Greek authorities for recovery of the missing and confirmation/identification of the deceased.

A number of officials in Benghazi reviewed a three-dimensional model of the general plan and expansions of the Benghazi metropolis. Details of the general plan, which aims to modernize and develop the Benghazi urban plan, were presented. It is expected to have many positive results, the most important of which are urban planning, connecting water channels, increasing green spaces, and working to create a sustainable environment, according to Benghazi Municipality. The presentation was attended by the Commander of the Libyan National Army’s Tariq bin Ziyad Brigade, Brigadier General Saddam Haftar, and Benghazi Mayor, Saqr Bujwari, Director General of the Benghazi-Derna Reconstruction Fund, Ali Al-Awjali, Director of Projects Department at the Municipality, Osama al-Kizza, Director of the Greek LEED company for engineering consulting, Kanax Mandelos. It is noteworthy that the municipality intends to hold a conference on the general plan for the city of Benghazi, on Saturday, June 17, 2023.

ROME (Reuters) - Spanish charity Open Arms said it rescued 117 migrants on Saturday crowded onto a precarious wooden boat from Libya in the latest such perilous crossing over the Mediterranean sea. Open Arms said in a statement that it had picked up 117 people on Saturday, including 25 women and a three-year-old boy, mainly from Eritrea, Sudan and Libya. The rescue operation took place in international waters 30km off the coast of Libya after the boat left the port of Sabratha under darkness at 0100 GMT, according to the statement and a spokesperson for the charity. All the passengers were receiving a medical assessment on board the Open Arms vessel, the charity said, without giving more details on where they would be taken. (Reporting by Giselda Vagnoni; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)

Below is a timeline of events based on reports from Greek authorities, a commercial ship, and activists who said they were in touch with passengers. The Greek coast guard said that the overcrowded trawler was moving steadily toward Italy, refusing almost all assistance, until minutes before it sank. At 3:35 p.m., a Greek coast guard helicopter located the trawler. Then, at around 10:40 p.m., a coast guard boat from Crete reached the trawler, and remained nearby until it sank. The coast guard vessel then approached within 70 meters (230 feet) to inspect.

The Greek coast guard defended its response to a ship that sank off the country's south coast, killing more than 500 migrants, as anger grew over Europe's long-standing failure to avert similar catastrophes. A spokesman for the Greek coast guard told the press that the coast guard as well as private ships had been continuously offering assistance to the vessel on Wednesday while it was en route to Italy from Libya, however, he said that these calls were rejected. Multiple sources have told the press that the migrants on board were “very hesitant” to receive assistance, while legal experts have stated that maritime law had obliged the Greek authorities to try to rescue the migrants. The migrants’ reluctance to accept assistance could have been overruled if this was deemed unreasonable, the experts explain. According to Greek officials, the vessel capsized minutes after losing power, and fear among the passengers may have led the boat to lean and roll over.

Tripoli: Khalifa Haftar, the head of the military in Libya, called on Friday for the establishment of a single technocratic government to oversee the long-delayed elections in place of the competing governments that are currently vying for power. The country is still divided between a Haftar-backed government in the east and a nominally interim one in Tripoli, which is located in the west. Additionally a citizen of the United States, Haftar is accused by his critics of wanting to reinstate the military dictatorship in Libya. The United Nations has stated that it will work to help resolve differences between the opposing sides so that the elections can happen before the end of the year. UN envoy Abdoulaye Bathily, according to the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), "initiated a series of meetings with political leaders in Libya, regional and international partners, and other stakeholders to hear their analysis and discuss potential ways forward."

“Russian ships have actively mapped our critical undersea infrastructure. The suspected attacks on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, which were built to carry Russian natural gas to Germany, are still being investigated. About 5,000 miles of oil and gas pipelines crisscross the North Sea alone, and systems, networks and grids are impossible to watch 24/7. “There’s no way that we can have NATO presence along also these thousands of kilometers of undersea infrastructure,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters after chairing the meeting. “To support the center, allies have decided to set up a critical undersea infrastructure network, bringing together NATO, allies and private sector actors.

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A touching moment caught on camera as a Syrian man finds his brother among shipwreck survivors in Greece on Friday, June 6th. A tearful reunion that marks the end of a frightful experience for 1 of hundreds of people who were sailing from Libya to Greece. Yair Ben-Dor has the story.

Reports of mass killings in the restive province “should spur the world into action,” he said, adding that “the world cannot allow this to happen. The World Food Program said on Friday that 2.5 more million people risk going hungry across the country in coming months. The agency is planning to reach 6 million people with food assistance by the end of the year. The paramilitaries have been blamed for the assassination and mutilation this week of Khamis Abdallah Abbakar, the governor of West Darfur, hours after he accused the RSF of carrying out a genocide in the province. Al-Burhan accused the RSF of the “treacherous attack.” However, the paramilitary group denied responsibility and condemned the “assassination in cold blood” of Abbakar.

Greek coast guard defends actions as more than 500 migrants heading for Europe feared dead in wreckThe Greek coast guard on Friday defended its response to the sinking of a ship that went down off the country’s south coast and left as many as 500 migrants presumed drowned

“The last time we spoke was eight days ago and she told me she was ready to get on the boat. Authorities warned the likelihood of finding survivors was waning, because the boat sank in “very deep” waters. A migrant vessel pictured by the Greek coast guard on June 13 sank in the Mediterranean on Wednesday. From their accounts there seem to have been women and children on board,” he told CNN while helping survivors on the ground. “These people had not eaten for many days, had not drunk water for many days, were burnt by the sun,” the Greek Rescue Team member told CNN affiliate CNN Greece.

Why Europe needs a united front on LibyaKhaled Abou ZahrA pallbearer holds a portrait of former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi during his state funeral in Milan June 14, 2023. In the mutual accusations, Meloni accused France of interfering in Libya to impede Italy’s access to crucial energy-related concessions. She also attributed the current chaos of illegal immigration faced by Europe to French intervention in Libya. This means Europe needs to move to the next step: voting for its foreign policy representatives. Europe needs to sort out its leadership and then have this pragmatism to protect its geopolitical and energy interests.