ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office’s Crisis Management Cell said on Saturday a total of 1,098 Pakistanis have been repatriated from different countries in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, ARY News reported.
Of the total returnees, 101 citizens arrived from the United Arab Emirates on March 24, while another 40 citizens flew back from Qatar via a private airline’s flight on the same day.
170 Pakistanis were airlifted from Thailand on March 28.
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) special flight brought back 194 Pakistanis from Turkey on April 3, whereas another 131 Pakistanis arrived from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on April 6.
136 citizens were repatriated from Iraq on April 8 and 126 from Azerbaijan on April 11. Another 200 Pakistanis flew back from Malaysia on the same date.
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On April 10, Prime Minister Imran Khan had constituted a committee to ensure an organised and careful repatriation of Pakistanis stranded abroad.
This was announced by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, in a statement.
The committee headed by the foreign minister comprises Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Security Division (SAPM) Moeed Yusuf, representatives of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and National Institute of Health (NIH) have been included in the committee.
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