ISLAMABAD: With the situation in Libya deteriorating in recent days, the Pakistani mission there has been working to evacuate up to 6,000 citizens to neighbouring Tunisia for repatriation to Pakistan.
A statement from the Foreign Office on Monday evening said that the Pakistani embassy in Libya was in touch with the Pakistani community there and were making arrangements to evacuate between 3,000-6,000 citizens.
Clashes in troubled Libya have intensified over the week with a depot near the airport in Tripoli set ablaze over the weekend during clashes between rival groups. Citizens of a number of countries have been advised to leave as the situation turns tense, but evacuation has proved tricky with airports closed.
Since no airport in Libya is currently functioning, the government is working on arranging on-arrival visas for Pakistanis at the Tunisian border. Once in Tunisia, these Pakistanis can then be repatriated to Pakistan.
“Our Embassy in Tripoli has already registered a large number of Pakistanis and referred their documents to Tunisian authorities for visa on arrival,” the statement read.
The foreign office advised all Pakistanis in Libya to contact the embassy in Tripoli and Tunisia and inform the officials about their location and get registered.
Pakistan Embassy can be contacted on the following help lines:
- No. 00218 922379368 (Ayaz Khan)
- No. 00218 922555216 (Kamran)
- No. 00218 213610937
- No. 00218 213616581 (0900 to 1600 hours)
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Pakistan embassy is still open despite most other countries shutting theirs with many of their citizens still stranded in Libya. Brave efforts by all those running the Pakistani embassy in Libya. We're not used to be cared for by our governments and maybe that's why some comments still reflect the self loathing attitude we've become accustomed to. I think its job well done by the Pakistani ambassador in libya and his team! Proud of you.
@Adnan: "Libya has descended into civil war." I dont know whether you have selective reading or if there is a memory relapse. Does the words "Zarb-e-Azab" mean anything to you? Just in case you did not know it is splashed all over Pakistani media. In any case there are daily bombs and suicides in Pakistan. It is hardly a safe country to return to.
The Arab spring was a big joke . People there were better off a decade back .
@Iqbal: There is huge difference between situation in Libya & Pakistan. Libya has descended into civil war.
Good job by the Government. Our citizens need to be brought back as quick as possible.
do ur best to save them plz
Alas.. once a peaceful country, now in chaos..
please isssue the list of ppl who r included in 6000.....my husband is there...i m very worrieddddddddddddd pleaseeeeeee bring them back plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
"Govt seeking to evacuate upto 6,000 Pakistanis from war-torn Libya"
Is this a joke? I thought Pakistan was a war-torn country itself. If this is not a leap from frying pan into fire than I don't know what is!!!!