Staff Reporter
Islamabad
The government has accomplished almost 99 per cent of repatriation process by bringing over 300,000 citizens to the country under the world’s largest evacuation operation, launched after the global travel came to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Now a limited number of reportedly some 3,500 citizens remain to be brought back in nothing flat as normal flight operation has been resumed to the country.
At the onset of pandemic, the repatriation of citizens from the host countries was not an easy jog but the present government rose to the challenge and took a lead in reuniting the overseas Pakistanis with their loved ones amid the pandemic.
The repatriation of a whooping number of stranded Pakistanis in such a short span of time validates Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vows for well-being of the Pakistani diaspora, which always stands firm in bad breaks of the country.
“This all happened due to improved coordination among all the stakeholders, in-time mobilization of human and financial resources, active participation of affluent overseas Pakistani community in relief activities abroad, effective diplomatic efforts and above all the political will,” said a senior officer of the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development on Tuesday.Talking to APP, he said the government had brought back above 200,000 stranded nationals under the special flight operation that ended on June 20 after the resumption of normal flight operation.
