Pakistani migrants play deadly ‘game’ chasing future abroad

When Muhammad Nadeem left home in eastern Pakistan, he asked his mother to pray for his safe passage to Europe then slipped away before she could object, reported AFP Ali Hasnain showed off the new clothes he would wear as he prepared for the long journey west to a better life. Both men departed from Gujrat, in Punjab province, and although they did not know each other, became fellow travellers on the human trafficking trail, escaping Pakistan’s rapidly deteriorating economy. They died on the continent’s doorstep last month, relatives say, after boarding a boat in Libya and floundering in Mediterranean … Continue reading Pakistani migrants play deadly ‘game’ chasing future abroad