FO spokesman says country’s embassy in Damascus had established contact with elderly couple on TuesdayLAHORE: Pakistan’s diplomatic machinery has been set in motion after the country’s diplomats stationed in the Syrian capital, Damascus, contacted an elderly Pakistani couple besieged in Eastern Ghouta after their plight was highlighted by Pakistan Today. Earlier in December, Pakistan Today contacted the Pakistani couple, who called for help from their government to rescue them from the besieged area—which is only a few kilometres away from the embassy. Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal said Thursday that Pakistan’s embassy in Damascus had established contact with the elderly couple on Tuesday. “We came across a news story about an old Pakistani couple in Damascus trying to take refuge in the embassy of Pakistan in Syria,” he said. “I have contacted the Pakistani embassy so many times.

Source: Pakistan Today December 30, 2017 20:13 UTC