![]() ![]() ![]() The precise route Jabbar and his three family members took is unclear. Work is scarce inflation is soaring and essentials including food and fuel are increasingly costly. Pakistan, a nation of about 220 million, is in the throes of its worst economic crisis in decades. Jabbar left his two daughters in the village while he went ahead with the journey. Jabbar, 36, paid a human trafficker more than $7,500 in the hope of making it to Italy, traversing thousands of miles across dangerous routes from his home country to give his young daughters a better future, Anwar told CNN. A selfie sent to Anwar’s phone from the group before they disappeared showed the four men smiling, their goal of reaching Europe close by.įamily members sit for DNA sampling at a hospital in Khuiratta in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on June 20. Saeed Anwar said four family members were now missing – including his brother Abdul Jabbar. Their loved ones now face an agonizing wait as authorities in Greece attempt to account for the dead, flicking through WhatsApp chats on their phones that have now fallen silent, all victims of a refugee crisis engulfing the European Union as tens of thousands seek sanctuary from war, persecution and poverty. On Thursday, the Federal Investigation Agency of Pakistan said it has confirmed 92 deaths in the incident by collecting DNA samples of family members who reported their loved ones as missing to assist with the identification of victims.īandali, population 12,000, is just one of many Pakistani communities reeling from the disaster – about 22 people from this village alone remain unaccounted for, according to residents. In Pakistan, authorities said more than 300 of its nationals died in the tragedy, but did not specify how they received the information. Things will work in symbiosis.Bandali, Pakistan-administered Kashmir CNNĪn air of melancholy engulfs the small village of Bandali in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where hopes are fading fast for nearly two dozen residents who went abroad in search of a better life and have since disappeared.įamilies fight back tears as they yearn to hear what may have happened to their loved ones – all migrants aboard the boat, reportedly known as the Adriana, an overcrowded fishing trawler that capsized off the coast of Greece last week, killing at least 81 people and leaving hundreds more missing. So there's a relationship between the lake, the bow, the dam and The Vault. One thing to say is all the excavated material removed carefully from the hillside to form The Vault will be recycled into the dam, so we're not carting away tons and tons of material. Although it's on a big scale in a remote area, but the skills do exist to do it. It's not that we're using technology that's never been tested before. It's achievable, but what we are planning pushes the boundaries. The height from the wadi floor to the prow of the bow is something like 150 meters and the Hoover Dam is 170 meters in height – so it's a big structure. The bow feature at the front of the lake is a big cantilever and is hollow inside, so you get this veneer of water across the top, which is about five meters deep and then people are living inside the bow. It's desalinated water coming from the sea too. We've got a significant volume of water to get up there, so the supply pipe is a meter in diameter. A fully-activated place with a proper culture and community. But also they want to go somewhere active and busy. For the high-net-worth crowd, we know that they love going to exclusive places. There’s a range of residences, hotels and opportunities for a broad range of people. Not to mention life-affirming experiences such as mountain concerts. We have a new lake too, with its bow structure on the front that isn't just a conventional dam it contains an extraordinary piece of architectural space and design. ![]() Nothing like ‘The Vault’ has been created before. So, we've got a number of things that are completely unique. It’s second to none in that regard.įrom the first outdoor skiing in Saudi Arabia to our vertical village ‘The Vault’. We've got something very special here in terms of the natural environment, the range of recreational activities, sporting options and experiential opportunities. Well, it will be a resort with an extraordinary range of experiences – above and beyond any other mountain resort or destination in the world. ![]()
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