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Survivors of migrant shipwreck file lawsuit against Greek authorities

Overcrowded fishing trawler said to be carrying between 400-750 people from Pakistan, Syria and Egypt

Published 14 Sep, 2023 07:19pm

Greece police arrest four suspects for murdering Pakistani man

Greece police detained suspects with help of CCTV cameras

Published 21 Aug, 2023 03:30pm

Rights groups seek ‘credible’ probe into Greece migrant shipwreck that killed hundreds

Some 104 men survived and authorities recovered only 82 bodies

Published 03 Aug, 2023 04:00pm

Greece facing longest heatwave on record

The heatwave is expected to last 16-17 days

Published 23 Jul, 2023 10:08am

Bodies of four killed in Greece boat disaster reach Pakistan

Out of the total 15 identified, seven bodies have now reached home

Published 22 Jul, 2023 11:17am

Photos: Wildfires burn across Greece

Rescue efforts are being hampered by terrain and conditions

Published 19 Jul, 2023 11:26am

Tourists collapse in Greece and Italy amid extreme hot weather

Greece bans construction working during the hottest hours of the day

Published 15 Jul, 2023 08:57am

Greece boat tragedy: ‘20,000 Pakistanis still in safe houses of human traffickers’

Survivor of Greece boat tragedy narrates ordeal after returning home in Gujrat

Published 09 Jul, 2023 05:25pm

Greece tragedy: Hameedullah took the boat with three-year-old son

Victims risk their lives for better future for their family back home

Updated 28 Jun, 2023 06:20am

Pakistan criticises migration policies after Mediterranean shipwreck

Says incident was a 'grim reminder of the protection gaps'

Published 26 Jun, 2023 10:11pm

Rana Sanaullah reveals 350 Pakistanis were aboard ship sunk in Greece

Interior minister adds that 12 survivors have been confirmed so far

Updated 23 Jun, 2023 05:58pm

Greece boat tragedy: Govt says 209 Pakistanis were on on board

The data shared by the Federal Investigation Agency

Published 22 Jun, 2023 02:44pm

Mapped: Two human smuggling routes to Europe from Pakistan

After the Turkey route become impenetrable, traffickers used the second option

Updated 20 Jun, 2023 06:06pm

Language error prompts govt to change national mourning day notification

Government deletes the word 'pleased' in new notification

Updated 19 Jun, 2023 12:15am

Pakistanis were forced into lower deck of migrant boat: reports

There are also conflicting reports about whether a rope caused the sinking

Updated 18 Jun, 2023 05:40pm

Greece boat disaster: a Pakistani father’s anguish over his missing son

Mehmood says a local travel agent had charged Rs2.2 million for his son’s trip

Published 17 Jun, 2023 11:25pm

Greece boat disaster: Authorities start collecting DNA samples to track survivors

Police arrest 14, search more suspects, government orders high-level inquiry into trafficking

Updated 20 Jun, 2023 12:06pm

Greece migrant sinkings leave 18 dead, dozens missing

The bodies of 16 women and a 15-year-old boy were recovered from the area

Published 06 Oct, 2022 08:52pm

Greek PM Mitsotakis to promise more cost-of-living support

Greece has already spent about 8b euros to subsidise power bills since last year

Published 10 Sep, 2022 04:58pm

Fierce wildfires ravage Greece amid heatwave

Fire has already destroyed nearly 500 hectares of woodland

Published 25 Jul, 2022 02:43pm

Wildfires burn coastal homes, forests in Greece as Europe’s heatwave spreads east

Two more villages evacuated

Published 25 Jul, 2022 11:33am

Pakistani shot in Greece ahead of neo-Nazi appeal trial

The incident comes ahead of an appeals trial on June 15 involving dozens of members of the Golden Dawn group.

Published 04 May, 2022 03:30pm

Hundreds rescued after flames engulf Greece-Italy ferry

The coastguard said in total 239 passengers and 51 crew members had been on board the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia

Published 18 Feb, 2022 03:25pm

Turkey blames Greece after 12 migrants freeze to death near border

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu says that migrants were stripped of their shoes and clothing by Greek border security

Published 02 Feb, 2022 07:28pm

Heavily criticised trial of activists begins in Greece

Two dozen humanitarian workers face espionage charges and possible jail sentence relateted to their work with refugees

Published 18 Nov, 2021 05:16pm

192 Pakistanis among asylum seekers stranded in Greece

Athens seeks return of 350 migrants who arrived in Turkish-flagged cargo ship

Published 05 Nov, 2021 05:25pm

Greece hands over Olympic flame to Beijing 2022 hosts

Hellenic Olympic Committee chief Spyros Kapralos gave the Olympic torch to the vice-president of Beijing 2022 Yu Zaiqing.

Published 19 Oct, 2021 04:02pm

Greece fights fires during 'worst heatwave since 1987'

The victims were engulfed by a "huge fire sparked by the collision" overnight Saturday near...

Published 02 Aug, 2021 06:48pm

Greece to lend Patriot battery to Saudi as Huthi attacks spike

RIYADH: Greece will lend a Patriot missile battery to Saudi Arabia to protect its critical energy infrastructure,...

Published 21 Apr, 2021 11:15am