400 Pakistanis arrive from Libya

Foreign Office says total number of Pakistanis who have safely returned from Libya is 3,129.


Express March 10, 2011
400 Pakistanis arrive from Libya

ISLAMABAD: Four hundred Pakistanis arrived in Islamabad  in a special PIA chartered flight from Libya on Thursday.

Pakistan began flights from Tripoli for the evacuation of its citizens on Monday.

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) spokesperson Mashood Tajwar told The Express Tribune earlier that the clearance from the Foreign Office for beginning flights arrived on Friday.

The Foreign Office has stated that the total number of Pakistanis who have safely returned from Libya is 3,129.

The operation to evacuate Pakistanis will continue till all those wanting to leave Libya have been brought back safely.


Also, Pakistanis who fled the violence to neighbouring countries such as Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Turkey have been repatriated to Pakistan through special, chartered or commercial flights.

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