510 returning from Iran shifted to quarantined isolation centers: FIA.

CHAGAI -- Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) on Saturday reported 709 people who have ventured across the border from Iran to Pakistan, media reported.

According to details, 510 of the returning individuals are those who went to Iran for religious purposes and are Pakistani natives.

27 natives of Iran who were in Pakistan have crossed over and sent back to their homeland amid fears of coronavirus.

All those that have returned are being thoroughly screened near the border of Balochistan and Iran to ensure that there is no presence of coronavirus in them.

All those that have returned from Iran have been sent into quarantined isolation centres till conclusive results of their tests arrive.

Earlier in the day, it was reported that only Pakistani...

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