Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Amid the coronavirus crisis, a whooping number of nationals still remain stuck on foreign shores due to closure of international regular flight operations across the world. But, the silver lining is that the government of Pakistan rose to the challenge and took lead in starting relief flight operations for evacuation of its citizens from multiple countries.
‘As of May 13, at least 24,500 stranded Pakistanis have been repatriated from various countries under the special repatriation operation, announced by the government after halting the international flights in March end to curb the coronavirus spread in the country,’ a senior officer of the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development told APP on Thursday. He said the repatriation of stranded Pakistanis was being carried out in phases.
