50 dead recovered from container in Balochistan

BALOACHISTAN (SANA): Pakistani authorities recovered at least 50 bodies and dozens of unconscious people from a shipping container in Balochistan on Saturday. According to police sources, the container which was parked in Hazar Ganji area of Quetta, the driver of the container truck fled from the spot which was carrying 110 people, apparently illegal immigrants being transported from Afghanistan to Iran via Pakistan.
Senior police official Wazir Khan Nasir said that 50 bodies and 60 people were recovered from the container. It was reported that the deaths apparently occurred because of suffocation.
The dead and the unconscious victims were transferred to the Bolan Medical Complex hospital in Quetta.
The death tolls might rise as many of the unconscious victims were in critical condition, therefore, an emergency was declared in major hospitals in Quetta to cope with the situation, officials said.
It is stated that most of the victims were hailed from Afghanistan and the area was cordon off and search operation was being carried out for detaining the driver.