Summary The aircraft is expected to land in Islamabad by 01:00pm today.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - A special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane has airlifted 176 Pakistanis from Djibouti today (Friday).
The flight is expected to arrive at Islamabad Airport this afternoon, Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam confirmed in a message posted on Twitter:
PIA special flt frm Djibouti to reach Islamabad at1320 hrs. 176 passengers.Flight will then go to Karachi. OPF& MOFA officials will receive.
— SpokespersonMOFA (@ForeignOfficePk) April 3, 2015
Special Advisor to Prime Minister on Aviation Shujjat Azim will receive the passengers at the airport.
176 Pakistani nationals, who were stuck in war-hit Yemen, were brought to the African country from Aden district through a Chinese ship yesterday.
The Foreign Office spokesperson said that evacuation of remaining Pakistanis from Mokallah will also start soon.
Mokallah: roads blocked yesterday opened this morning. Eexpect embarkation on PNS Ship to start soon.
— SpokespersonMOFA (@ForeignOfficePk) April 3, 2015
