11 Indians among those rescued by Pakistan from Yemen
Eight Chinese and four British citizens were also among those rescued
35 foreign nationals were rescued with the 148 Pakistanis by PNS Aslat. PHOTO: AFP
ISLAMABAD:
Eleven Indian citizens were among the 35 foreign nationals who were rescued with the 148 Pakistani citizens from the Ash Shihr port in Yemen, the Press Information Department said on April 4.
Eight Chinese and four British citizens were among those rescued.
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The city of Mokallah, which had the third largest cluster of Pakistanis in Yemen, had been relatively safe until an al Qaeda jailbreak, the press release said. However, when PNS Aslat, the ship sent to rescue Pakistanis from the city, arrived on April 3, roads leading to the port had been closed. “Therefore, through a discreetly planned exercise, the operation was switched to nearby Ash Shihr port and 148 Pakistanis have been safely evacuated,” the press statement added.
Read: Yemen air offensive: Russia appeals for ‘humanitarian pause’
The ship will arrive in Karachi on April 7.
The capital of Yemen's south-eastern Hadramawt province, Mokallah, is now almost entirely under the control of al Qaeda militants.
Read: PIA flight lands in Sanaa to evacuate 174 stranded Pakistanis
Meanwhile, 12 Pakistanis who had earlier been stranded at the Yemen-Oman border, while trying to exit Yemen, have been evacuated by the officials of the Pakistan Embassy in Muscat, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs press statement said Sunday. The embassy will make arrangements for their travel to Pakistan.
Eleven Indian citizens were among the 35 foreign nationals who were rescued with the 148 Pakistani citizens from the Ash Shihr port in Yemen, the Press Information Department said on April 4.
Eight Chinese and four British citizens were among those rescued.
Read: 150 Pakistanis board Pakistan Navy vessel from Yemen
The city of Mokallah, which had the third largest cluster of Pakistanis in Yemen, had been relatively safe until an al Qaeda jailbreak, the press release said. However, when PNS Aslat, the ship sent to rescue Pakistanis from the city, arrived on April 3, roads leading to the port had been closed. “Therefore, through a discreetly planned exercise, the operation was switched to nearby Ash Shihr port and 148 Pakistanis have been safely evacuated,” the press statement added.
Read: Yemen air offensive: Russia appeals for ‘humanitarian pause’
The ship will arrive in Karachi on April 7.
The capital of Yemen's south-eastern Hadramawt province, Mokallah, is now almost entirely under the control of al Qaeda militants.
Read: PIA flight lands in Sanaa to evacuate 174 stranded Pakistanis
Meanwhile, 12 Pakistanis who had earlier been stranded at the Yemen-Oman border, while trying to exit Yemen, have been evacuated by the officials of the Pakistan Embassy in Muscat, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs press statement said Sunday. The embassy will make arrangements for their travel to Pakistan.