Over 250 Pakistani students stranded in China’s Wuhan return home.
Web Desk On May 18, 2020 Last updated May 18, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Over 250 Pakistani students stranded in China’s Wuhan province owing to coronavirus pandemic and suspension of flight operations returned to homeland via a special flight of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Monday, ARY News reported.
Sources said that a special flight of the national flag carrier brought the stranded countrymen from Wuhan to Islamabad International Airport tonight.
Officials of CAA shifted all the passengers to a quarantine facility established at a local hotel for screening and testing them for the COVID-19. Earlier, the special flight and the passengers’ luggage were disinfected upon arrival at the airport.
On the occasion, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari thanked PM Imran Khan and other concerned departments for helping in repatriating the countrymen from abroad.
The journey for 🇵🇰i students from #WuhanToPakistan has been a long one.Thankyou to PM @ImranKhanPTI & every1 who helped us get our ppl back home today on a special PIA flt.Most of all I’m grateful to all parents& students for understanding the hurdles & being our biggest support
— Sayed Z Bukhari (@sayedzbukhari) May 18, 2020
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Talking to a delegation of parents of the Pakistani students stranded in China’s Wuhan province, who called on him Islamabad today, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari had said that his ministry in collaboration with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs had devised plan to repatriate the stranded students from Wuhan.
A special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane arrived at home airport carrying students stranded in Wuhan, on Monday.
According to sources, more than 250 Pakistani students stranded in China have returned home on a special PIA flight.
Sources said that a special flight of PIA reached at Islamabad airport carrying students who were stranded in China due lockdown after coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. Earlier today, a complete medical check-up of students has done on Wuhan airport and checked the coronavirus test reports of the students as well.
According to the statement by Pakistani Embassy in Beijing, it was the first special flight to repatriate Pakistanis from china and these Pakistani students were studying in different universities of Hubei province, including Wuhan.
Earlier this year, China locked down the entire province of Hubei, including Wuhan, the epicentre of the Corona epidemic, during which more than 500 Pakistani students were stranded there.
Students and their Parents had urged the government to take steps to repatriate them. However, after assurance of taking care of the students by Chinese government, and to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Pakistan, the government had decided to not repatriate the students immediately from China.
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