ISLAMABAD, Apr 7 (APP): Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development has affirmed that more than 1,000 stranded Pakistanis had been repatriated after the partial resumption of international flight operations, initiated by Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on April, 4. “The evacuation of those Pakistanis, who are stuck up at the foreign airports in transit, is government’s top priority,” a senior officer in the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development said while sharing data of repatriated Pakistanis. Under the first phase, she said 195 were brought back from Istanbul, and 170 from Thailand, 150 each from the United Kingdom and Canada, 132 Dushanbe, 128 Uzbekistan, 101 the United Arab Emirates and 40 from Qatar. She said the remaining Pakistanis, who were still in transit, would be brought back within the current week. Those Pakistani, whose visas got expired, would be airlifted under the second phase that would commence next week, she added. Talking to APP an official in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration said, “not a single Pakistani could go home without screening, testing and quarantining.” PALPA: Anti-state, bloodsucking union He said the city administration had been tasked to provide quarantine facilities to Pakistanis, returning from abroad. Some … Continue reading Over 1,000 stranded Pakistanis airlifted since partial resumption of Int’l flights