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Total number of Pakistanis repatriated from Sudan reaches 636 — foreign office

Pakistan citizen disembark an aircraft from Karachi after being evacuated from Sudan on April 28, 2023. (Pakistan Air Force/File)
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Updated 01 May 2023
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Total number of Pakistanis repatriated from Sudan reaches 636 — foreign office

  • A Pakistan International Airlines plane brings back 93 stranded citizens to Islamabad
  • Fierce fighting among rival military factions in Sudan have claimed hundreds of lives
Updated 01 May 2023
Shahjahan Khurram

ISLAMABAD: Another plane carrying 93 Pakistani nationals stranded in conflict-ridden Sudan arrived in Islamabad on Monday, taking the total number of citizens repatriated from the African country to 636, the foreign office said in a statement. 

Several countries, including Pakistan, started evacuation missions to bring back stranded nationals after fierce fighting broke out in Sudan a few weeks earlier. Hundreds have been killed as rival military factions in Sudan fight to control the country.

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and the transport fleet of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) have been bringing back the country’s citizens from Sudan since Friday when the first batch of 149 citizens landed in the southern port city of Karachi. Another flight carrying 140 more citizens landed in Karachi on Sunday, taking the total number of repatriated citizens to 497. 

“A PIA flight carrying ninety-three Pakistanis reached Islamabad on Monday,” Radio Pakistan said. “The Foreign Office in a statement stated that six hundred and thirty-six stranded Pakistanis have returned home via Jeddah on five special flights till date,” it added. 

Radio Pakistan said that as per the foreign office, the remaining nearly 1,000 Pakistanis will be evacuated from Sudan “in the next twenty-four to forty-eight hours.”

Engineer Amir Muqam, the adviser to the prime minister who was also present at the airport, said the government would continue its efforts to bring Pakistanis back home. 

Pakistan’s foreign office said on Friday the country’s stranded nationals were evacuated in different phases, the first of which included transporting over 800 Pakistanis from Sudan’s capital Khartoum to Port Sudan city, which it said is “relatively safe.”

It added the second phase of the process involves transporting Pakistani nationals from Port Sudan to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia or directly to Pakistan.

Pakistan has thanked Saudi Arabia for transporting its stranded nationals from Port Sudan to Jeddah and for hosting them until they are repatriated to the South Asian country.

Topics: Pakistanis in Sudan Sudan conflict

Pakistan Navy tests surface-to-air missile in Arabian Sea, reaffirms defense resolve

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Pakistan Navy tests surface-to-air missile in Arabian Sea, reaffirms defense resolve

  • The test follows a brief conflict with India that involved missile, artillery and drone exchanges but no naval clashes
  • Pakistan has stepped up battle readiness more recently, with senior commanders overseeing major training exercises
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Waseem Abbasi

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Navy reaffirmed its resolve to defend the country’s territorial waters on Monday after conducting a live firing test of a surface-to-air missile in the northern Arabian Sea, according to a military statement.

The missile test involved the FM-90(N) ER, a medium-range naval air-defense system designed to intercept aerial threats, and comes months after a brief but intense military conflict between Pakistan and India in which the nuclear-armed neighbors exchanged missile and artillery fire and deployed drones and fighter jets.

While the four-day confrontation did not escalate into a naval clash, the Pakistan Navy remained on high alert until a US-brokered ceasefire brought the fighting to an end.

“Pakistan Navy successfully conducted a Live Weapon Firing (LWF) of the FM-90(N) ER Surface-to-Air Missile in the North Arabian Sea,” the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said in a statement.

“During the firepower demonstration, a Pakistan Navy ship effectively engaged highly manoeuvrable aerial targets, reaffirming the Navy’s war-fighting capability and combat readiness,” it added. “Commander Pakistan Fleet witnessed the live firing at sea onboard a Pakistan Navy Fleet unit.”

ISPR said the fleet commander commended officers and sailors involved in the exercise for their professionalism and operational competence, and reiterated the navy’s resolve to safeguard Pakistan’s maritime interests under all circumstances.

Pakistan has placed greater emphasis on battle readiness in recent months.

Last week, Chief of Defense Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir visited frontline garrisons of Gujranwala and Sialkot to observe a field training exercise involving tanks and drones, where he highlighted the importance of technological adaptability, saying modern warfare required agility, precision, situational awareness and rapid decision-making.

Topics: surface-to-air missile Arabian Sea FM-90(N) ER

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