Efforts afoot to repatriate body of Pakistani student from China: FO
Pakistan
There are legal procedures and regulations that need to be fulfilled, says Foreign Office
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that Pakistan's embassy in Beijing was in contact with the university and family of the student who passed away in China.
In a statement, she said there are legal procedures and regulations that need to be fulfilled for repatriation of dead bodies from China.
“The Embassy of Pakistan in Beijing is facilitating the process. It is working towards completion of the legal procedures and to facilitate repatriation with the next available Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight,” the foreign office said.
Furthermore, transportation with commercial flights involves special arrangements including embalming of the body and transport of the remains in a specialised vehicle.
The dead body can be sent after completion of these arrangements.
The spokesperson added that at the intervention of Pakistan embassy, the insurance company has agreed to pay compensation to the family and the university has offered to bear the cost of transportation of the student's body.
