Embassy facilitating return of student's body

ISLAMABAD:

The Foreign Office said on Sunday that the Embassy of Pakistan in Beijing is facilitating the repatriation of the body of a Pakistani student who passed away in China and is in contact with the university and her family.

Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, responding to the social media reports on the delay in repatriation of the mortal remains of the Pakistani student, said in a statement, "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 PIA flight."

She said that legal procedures and regulations needed to be fulfilled in the repatriation of dead bodies from China.

Furthermore, the FO spokesperson said that the transportation through commercial flights involved special arrangements including embalming of the body and transportation of the remains in a specialised vehicle with cold storage.