FM headed committee recommends organized repatriation of Pakistanis stranded abroad
FM headed committee recommends organized repatriation of Pakistanis stranded abroad.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said this in a statement today.
He said the prime minister has constituted under him a committee.
FM headed committee recommends
Shah Mehmood further said that the committee has framed recommendations to ensure an organized and careful repatriation of these Pakistanis.
Moreover, he said overseas Pakistanis who have always significantly contributed to the national economy.
He said the government would not leave them alone in this difficult hour.
The FM said the lockdown and closure of businesses in the gulf countries in the wake of coronavirus have rendered many of our overseas Pakistanis without livelihood.
However, the government remains fully cognizant of the problems of overseas Pakistanis including those stranded in different countries.
The Foreign Minister that the government had brought 1600 stranded Pakistanis back while 36,000
to 40,000 are waiting for the return to the homeland.
He said our missions and consulates abroad are extending every possible assistance to the stranded Pakistanis.
He said all resources are being used to provide them accommodation, food and meet their other needs.
The FM called expatriate Pakistanis the “backbone of our economy.”
He vowed and we cannot leave them alone in this difficult time.
In the video message addressed to the overseas Pakistanis, he assured them of duty of the government to ensure the safe return of expatriates in the ongoing situation.
He mentioned that as the government took a tough decision to suspend flight operation, a large number of Pakistanis got stranded at airports abroad.
Furthermore, he said Pakistanis stranded at Dubai, Doha, Istanbul, Tashkent, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur.
He also mentioned other tourists, students, religious groups from Pakistan facing with same situation.
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