STAFF REPORTER
ISLAMABAD Pakistan High Commissioner (PHC) to United Kingdom (UK) Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, in a video message, has said that more than 200 stranded Pakistanis for various reasons in the United Kingdom (UK), have been repatriated to Pakistan and efforts were underway to repatriate to the remaining such Pakistanis to their country. ‘We have repatriated 200 stranded Pakistanis, who were on visit visa to UK in the available flights and efforts were underway to repatriate remaining such stranded Pakistanis as soon as possible’, Nafees Zakaria said in a video message released by Pakistan High Commission on Friday. He said that the invisible attacker coronavirus (COVID-19) had brought the entire world to virtual stand still and the disease had taken a huge toll to human lives across the globe, and also severely shakeup the economies of the countries. Nafees Zakaria said that he knew that Pakistani diaspora living in the United Kingdom (UK) were also facing a difficult situation due to COVID-19 pandemic. The High Commissioner said that he has information and constantly interacting with the Pakistani community leaders and through them he came to know that many Pakistani community members have also lost their lives due to this deadly disease.
