PIA flight brings home 274 stranded Pakistani students from Wuhan
Chinese authorities took extraordinary measures to ensure safety and security of Pakistani students, says MoFa
According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chinese authorities took extraordinary measures to ensure the safety and security of the Pakistani students. PHOTO: FO/TWITTER
ISLAMABAD:
A special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight carrying 274 students from Wuhan city in China arrived in Islamabad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Tuesday.
During the period of lockdown in Wuhan, the Chinese authorities took extraordinary measures to ensure the safety and security of the Pakistani students, read the statement.
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"A solidarity team of two officers, including Third Secretary Muhammad Junaid and Education Attachè Muhammad Suleman Mahsud, from the Pakistan Embassy in Beijing was also dispatched to Wuhan to look after the well-being of the students."
The government of Pakistan highly appreciates the efforts of the government and people of China for extending full support and co-operation to the students, as the Wuhan city defeated Covid-19, according to MoFa.
President Xi Jinping in his telephone conversation with Prime Minister Imran Khan, on February 20, 2020, had reaffirmed that China will treat Pakistani students as “our own.”
A special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight carrying 274 students from Wuhan city in China arrived in Islamabad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Tuesday.
During the period of lockdown in Wuhan, the Chinese authorities took extraordinary measures to ensure the safety and security of the Pakistani students, read the statement.
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"A solidarity team of two officers, including Third Secretary Muhammad Junaid and Education Attachè Muhammad Suleman Mahsud, from the Pakistan Embassy in Beijing was also dispatched to Wuhan to look after the well-being of the students."
The government of Pakistan highly appreciates the efforts of the government and people of China for extending full support and co-operation to the students, as the Wuhan city defeated Covid-19, according to MoFa.
President Xi Jinping in his telephone conversation with Prime Minister Imran Khan, on February 20, 2020, had reaffirmed that China will treat Pakistani students as “our own.”