Next phase of repatriating overseas Pakistanis to begin on April 14: FM Qureshi
The minister said so for 1,640 Pakistanis have been repatriated through 12 special flights.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday has said that the next phase of repatriating overseas Pakistanis from abroad is beginning from April 14.
Speaking at the meeting of the Special Committee of the Parliament on coronavirus in Islamabad, he said these stranded Pakistanis will be brought back through nine special flights. So for 39,7478 Pakistanis are waiting for their repatriation to their homeland, he added.
The FM said a number of Pakistani nationals have become jobless in the United Arab Emirates due to Coronavirus outbreak and they too want to come back. 2,248 Pakistanis relating to Tableeghi Jamaat are wishing their repatriation from Indonesia, Kenya, Uganda and Sudan, he told.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistani citizens, including students, living in the United States and Canada, are also desirous of coming back to Pakistan which can take the tally to forty thousand people, wishing their repatriation.
He further informed the committee that fourteen Pakistani citizens are in Nepal, while four are in Maldives who will be got together at a common station from where they will be brought back.
The minister said so for 1,640 Pakistanis have been repatriated through 12 special flights and now efforts will be made to bring back more and more Pakistanis in the next flight operation starting from April 14.
