By our correspondent
Lahore
According to the sources of Daily Notable, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday contacted Ambassador of Pakistan in the Kyrgyz Republic Hassan Ali Zaigham and directed him for making demanded arrangements for a special flight being sent to Bishkek this evening to bring back Pakistani students.
The special aircraft will bring 130 students to Pakistan on Sunday night, PM Office Media Wing said in a press release.
On the instructions of the prime minister, the government of Pakistan will bear all the expenses of this special operation.
The PM directed for keeping continuous contacts with all the students and their families, emphasizing that the return of injured students on top-priority basis.
Furthermore, PM Shabaz Sharif asked for bringing back those students back whose families were living with them in Kyrgyzstan on urgent basis.
The ambassador of Pakistan Zaigham briefed the prime minister of his meeting with the Kyrgyz deputy foreign minister. According to Kyrgyz authorities, the situation was under control and now, no new incident of violence took place in the last two days. Security measures had been enhanced and the foreign students including Pakistanis were safe.
The prime minister directed that despite return of normalcy in Bishkek, those students who wanted to return Pakistan, should be facilitated.
A large number of students have already returned from Kyrgyzstan on Sunday via commercial flights. – PUNA
