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Pakistan Navy frigate with 182 on board docks at Karachi port

China, Britain and India’s ambassadors are present at the Karachi port to receive their citizens on board

Abdul Manan/web Desk April 07, 2015

Stranded Pakistanis board PNS Aslat from a boat off the coast of the Yemeni port city of Mukalla. PHOTO: INP

A Pakistan Navy frigate, carrying 146 Pakistanis and 36 foreigners, from Yemen docked at Karachi port on Tuesday, Express News reported.

The vessel, PNS Aslat, departed from the Yemeni port city of al Mukalla after a successful evacuation operation on April 5.

Read: PNS ship, with 147 on board, homebound

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China, Britain and India’s ambassadors are present at the Karachi port to receive their stranded citizens who were safely evacuated.

Women and children are among the 147 Pakistanis on board the ship. And the foreigners include 11 Indians, eight Chinese, five Philipinos, four Britons, two Indonesians, two Syrians and one each from Canada, Egypt, Jordan and the UAE.

The evacuees, including foreigners, chanted Pakistan Zindabad slogans and waved Pakistan’s flag.

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Addressing the media at the port, an Indian citizen said, “I like to thank Pakistan Navy for evacuating our citizens.”

“On behalf of the British people, I thank Pakistan Navy and Pakistani authorities for safely evacuating us,” a returning Briton said, at the port.

Read: 150 Pakistanis board Pakistan Navy vessel from Yemen

PNS Aslat reached al Mukallah port on April 2, but Yemeni authorities had restricted movement of people from the assembly point to the port for embarkation due to the fluid security situation in the city, according to a press release issued by the naval authorities.

Govt offers special aircraft to send Indian, Chinese nationals home

The government has offered to send Indian and Chinese nationals rescued from Yemen to their home countries via special aircraft.

Eleven Indians and eight Chinese were evacuated from Yemen and brought to Pakistan in a Pakistan Navy vessel.

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COMMENTS (18)

Nadia pervez | 9 years ago | Reply I really want to thankfull to Navi staff and Gov of pakistan.which really did it.I was a teacher overthere in AL MUKALLA.Now ALLHAMDOLLILAH safe n sound we are in pakistan.

mani | 9 years ago | Reply There is no issue of holding pakistani Flag, it is important that what pak force have done. we have to see, humanitarian gesture of Pakistan Authorities to evacuate humans in this time of catastrophe, either they belongs to any country. we are proud of our forces and respecting the all nations.

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kublai | 9 years ago | Reply @Timorlane: There are lots of Pakistanis who come to India for medical treatment and they don't wave Indian flag when they land in India.

Roger Reddy | 9 years ago | Reply @Timorlane: You must be a sad person to make up stories. I thank the Pakistan Defense forces for rescuing my Uncle & his colleagues, whose picture was on the front page of Dawn.com yesterday waiving a bunch of Pakistani flag. http://www.dawn.com/news/1174498 ET please let this comment through.

Bobb Mack | 9 years ago | Reply @Kashif Riaz: You are absolutely right.

Ibrar | 9 years ago | Reply @xenia: You may well be right !

ashok | 9 years ago | Reply Thank you Pakistan Navy and Government for rescuing citizens of various nationalities along with Pakistani nationals. We are grateful for your help and gesture.

Kashif Riaz | 9 years ago | Reply @ Blithe...... GCC national treat with respect......... grow up bro..... from where u got this????? those poor chaps and tongue less creature in their own countries.... Last year 90 UAE nationals nationalities were revoked just to say that this country should have democracy. I love and respect my motherland Pakistan till my core. I dint see where my green passport has not been respected ...every country has its own rules for their own nationals and foreigners. we as foreigners should respect and obey them......or leave if one not like it. Where as visas is concerned I have traveled around the world on Pakistani Passport without any hassle ..... All The visa are stamped on the same passport..... If you say you wanna a study undergraduate programme at age of 50 and refused to have a visa...Don't blame my Country's Passport. I salute the humanitarian gesture of Pakistan Authorities to evacuate humans in this time of catastrophe, forget about Indians I will be more than happy if any National of Israel was there to evacuate

xenia | 9 years ago | Reply I can Bet Timorlane is an Indian. No Pakistani can be so Myopic. He just Poped in to act as a spoiler and to create a controversy over Pakistan's good will gesture

Blithe | 9 years ago | Reply @Timorlane: One nuanced point , at our very own airports , Pakistani passport holders are disadvantaged with less proportional kiosks and longer lines . Why should we get less privilege than those who have taken an oath to the British Queen??? That too in our own country!?!? It's time we start treating Pakistani passport holders with more respect . Look at the way GCC treat their nationals.

Timorlane | 9 years ago | Reply @Bilal khan: Have you ever seen people of any other nationality extending same "mehman nawazi" to Pakistanis in their country ?? As for the respect to guests I remember more than 40 Pakistani children, women and men in India who were there as guests and were burned alive while their murderers roam around free. I remember captain of Pakistani blind cricket team who was a guest in India and made to drink acid. We Pakistanis have simply no sense of self respect for ourselves and for this unfortunate country and this even shows here in these comments.

Bharat | 9 years ago | Reply These actions go a long way in establishing better relations between the countries. We have had wars in the past and it will take time for our relations to improve but these steps will having a long and enduring impact on ties. I salute the people of Pakistan

Hisham | 9 years ago | Reply @ Timorlane Letting other nationalities disembark was not an exhibition of Pakistan's inferiority complex. It was an expression of our hospitality and the respect accorded to the guests onboard. As such, it is something to be proud of and to appreciate, not criticize. Your comments on the other hand, show an inferiority complex and a need to be acknowledged as superior. That, I believe, is the problem, not the fact that our noble sailors treated guests with respect. Kind Regards, Hisham

Bilal khan | 9 years ago | Reply @Timorlane: Your comment is in bad taste. No one needs to hold Pakistani flags. And we as Pakistanis have great respect for " mehman" guests . Who get to off load first - nothing wrong with it but if you insist on creating a point of view.

Ibrar | 9 years ago | Reply @Timorlane: On the other hand the action of Pak civil-military official's decision to let the foreigners alight first can be seen as highly insightful and enhances Pakistan's prestige in other people's eyes. Such events are a rare opportunity to prove we care for others. Helping strangers in difficulty before helping your own shows you have a great heart and such acts should not be reflection of inferiority. Brother I do understand what you mean. Have a lovely day.

OSD | 9 years ago | Reply @Timorlane: who gets off the ship before whom is not an issue. and if the indian's did not hold pakistani flags, that did not slight us one bit either. it was our ship and we were the heroes. enjoy the moment, please don't whine.

Saquib Saeed | 9 years ago | Reply Dear Editorial staff please refer to Pakistan Navy Ships as either PN Ships or if you know the name of the ship, such as Aslat in this case; then you should refer to it as PNS Aslat. Calling a Naval vessel PNS ship is actually incorrect. As it erroneously suggests that the name of the vessel is "ship".

Timorlane | 9 years ago | Reply Welcome back Pakistanis. Three Key Points to Ponder sorrowfully: 1) It was sad and disgusting to see the the typical inferiority complex Pakistani civil and military bureaucracy mentality in full action when they first let the foreigners disembark the ship while Pakistani passengers were made to wait inside the vessel. 2) When Pakistanis are not respected and given preference in their own country then it's only eventual that the world treats us Pakistanis with disdain around the world. 3) Indians who were also let alight the ship before Pakistani subjects did not bother to hold Pakistani flags thus showing their enmity towards us while we treat them with abject respect and regard.

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