Nine flight­s will bring back 2,000 people, Quresh­i inform­s specia­l panelISLAMABAD: The foreign minister on Monday informed the parliamentary committee on novel coronavirus crisis that next phase of special flights to bring back stranded Pakistanis will start from Tuesday (today). Flights in next phase will arrive in Lahore, Karachi, Multan, Peshawar and Faisalabad,” he told the ‘Special Committee on Affectees of Coronavirus (COVID-19)’. The meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar, Religious Affairs Minister Noorul Haq Qadri, State Minister for SAFRON Shehryar Afridi and others. He said the government is committed to bringing all the stranded Pakistanis back through special flights. Just like other countries, the government has also dealt with the issue of handling stranded Pakistanis overseas.

Source: The Express Tribune April 14, 2020 04:07 UTC