Around 20,000 Pakistanis stranded in Libya

Committee monitoring situation and coordinating early repatriation of the stranded nationals.

Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) Managing Director Habibur Rehman Khan on Sunday said that around 15,000 to 20,000 Pakistanis are still stranded in Libya.

Talking to APP, the OPF Managing Director said that a committee was monitoring the situation and coordinating early repatriation of the stranded nationals.

Khan said the committee was working in close coordination with the Special Task Force established at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs adding that the OPF counters were operative round the clock at airports to facilitate Pakistanis returning from Libya by speedy the completion of all necessary formalities.

Six Pakistanis return

Six more Pakistanis returned home from crisis-hit Libya on Sunday.

Nadeem Kamboh, Aslam, Shafiq, Amjad, Amir and Imtiaz Ahmed, speaking to the media at the Lahore Airport, said that the Libyan army had detained and tortured them for a week.

They complained that they were deprived of food and water during this period and said that the Libyan army had also robbed them of their money and luggage.

Nadeem Kamboh, one of the six Pakistanis, said that the Libyan army is killing its own citizens.