The Pakistan High Commission on Thursday finalised arrangements to send back home the bodies of six Pakistanis who lost their lives when their boat capsized near Johor Baru 300 Km on April 28. The High Commission has issued emergency passport of the fourteen years Master Aqeel Karkeen who survived in the accident.
A Special Pass - Exit Permission, from Malaysian Immigration Authorities has also been obtained, Community Welfare Attaché for Pakistan High Commission Nadeem Ashraf said. The Pakistan High Commission has shifted the dead bodies from Johor Baru to Kuala Lumpur and have placed them at a mortuary at a local hospital. According to the Community Welfare Attaché, arrangement has been made to send the dead bodies and lone survivor, free of cost to Quetta by Pakistan International Airline's (PIA) flight No PK 899 on Saturday - May 2.
The flight leaving Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 1310 hours would reach Karachi at 1600 hours and will be flown to Quetta the next day, by PIA flight No PK 523, at 0800 hours. The family met the unfortunate accident when they were returning from South of Johor to Teluk Rumunia after an excursion trip in a small over-loaded boat. There were ten passengers on board including the crew, however the nationalities of others could not be ascertained.
The Malaysian press prominently published the news of the accident and specifically highlighted the bravery and courage of Master Aqeel who swam for 12 hours in a deep sea after tying his shirt with his dead mother's neck and kept on swimming toward lights on the main land till he was rescued. The Malaysian High Commission's Community Welfare Section can be contacted on telephone number 0603-2164-5949 and on mobile phone number 017-8863616.