More than 200 Pakistani citizens in the UAE have returned home on a special repatriation flight.
The plane carrying 227 people left from Dubai on Saturday.
The Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) flight is the first of several special services that will be operating in the coming days.
More than 40,000 Pakistanis in the UAE have registered with their Consulate to be flown home.
First PIA flight carrying 227 stranded passengers from Dubai and Northern Emirates left for Islamabad today at 1900 hours.@SMQureshiPTI @ForeignOfficePk @pid_gov pic.twitter.com/aF4RHwtMij
— Pakistan Consulate General Dubai (@PakinDubai_) April 18, 2020
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