237 More Pakistanis to be airlifted from Libya

ANKARA, 4 March 2011: On the directives of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Embassy of Pakistan in Turkey has chartered a special plane to airlift 237 Pakistanis stranded in the Libyan city of Sirte.

The chartered plane will reach Sirte tomorrow at noon (local time) and will bring them to Istanbul at about 6.00 p.m. local time. Around midnight, a PIA flight will flew these passengers to Islamabad. The plane will reach Islamabad in the early hours of Sunday, 6^th March. Details of the passengers will be available on http://pakturkey.blogspot.com

Pakistan Embassy officials Mr. Murad Ashraf Janjua (Consul Istanbul) and Mr. Saad Warraich (Second Secretary, Ankara) will travel in the chartered plane to assist in providing necessary consular services and make travel documents for these passengers.

On the directives of Foreign Secretary, Pakistan Embassy in Turkey has been designated as the regional focal point and coordinating all evacuation efforts. Through the efforts of our Embassy in Tripoli and Ankara, a total of 673 Pakistanis stranded in Libya have so far been safely evacuated through Turkey.

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