This photo released by Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) on April 28, 2023 shows Pakistanis evacuated from Sudan arriving at an airport in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi. An aircraft carrying 149 Pakistani nationals evacuated from Sudan arrived in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Friday morning, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. (PID/Handout via Xinhua)
ISLAMABAD, April 28 (Xinhua) -- An aircraft carrying 149 Pakistani nationals evacuated from Sudan arrived in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Friday morning, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.
Two other flights having around 200 Pakistanis onboard are expected to arrive later on Friday, the spokesperson, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, said during a weekly media briefing in Islamabad.
One of them originated from Port Sudan and the other from the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah to bring back Pakistanis who had earlier been evacuated there, she added.
"Our evacuation plan has been implemented in phases. In the first phase of the operation, over 800 Pakistanis were transported from Sudan's capital of Khartoum to Port Sudan, which was relatively safe," Baloch said.
The second phase of the evacuation operation consisted of transporting Pakistani nationals from Port Sudan to Jeddah or directly to Pakistan, she added.
The spokesperson further added that Friday's flights, operating from Port Sudan via Jeddah, mark the first part of this second phase while additional flights are planned. ■
This photo released by Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) on April 28, 2023 shows a woman and a child who have been evacuated from Sudan arriving at an airport in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi. An aircraft carrying 149 Pakistani nationals evacuated from Sudan arrived in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Friday morning, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. (PID/Handout via Xinhua)