46 DIED IN CONTAINER

Pakistani and Afghan officials were on Sunday preparing to send home the bodies of 46 Afghans found crammed into a truck container bound for Iran.The container, carrying around 110 people, was found about 20km south of Quetta, capital of oil- and gas-rich Baluchistan province, which borders Afghanistan and Iran."The death toll is 46," police official Ghulam Dastagir said from the south-western province after the bodies were found on Saturday."Another 45 people were unconscious and have been admitted to hospital," he added.The investigation into the matter had been handed over to Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which deals with immigration matters.