The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that survivors were identified using verified information provided by authorities.

The names of Pakistani survivors in Morocco boat tragedy are Muddassir Hussain, Waseem Khalid, Muhammad Khaliq, Abdul Ghaffar, Gul Shameer, Tanveer Ahmed, Syed Muhammad Abbas Kazmi, Ghulam Mustafa, Syed Badar Mohy ud din, Imran Iqbal, Shoaib Zafar, Ali Hassan, Syed Mehtab Ul Hassan, Uzair Basharat, Mohammad Asif, Mujahid Ali, Amir Ali, Mohammad Umar Farooqie, Bilawal Iqbal, Arsalan and Irfan Ahmad.

The incident took place on Jan 16 when a yacht carrying irregular migrants from Mauritania to Spain capsized. In the tragic incident, 50 migrants, including 44 Pakistanis, bit the dust.

In the incident, 36 Pakistani nationals were rescued, the remaining were dead presumably, according to the Pakistani Embassy.

The boat departed from Mauritania on January 2, carried 86 passengers including 66 Pakistanis on board. The rescue teams in Morocco rescued 36 survivors following the tragedy.