About 25% airspace reopened for repatriation of Pakistanis: Moeed Yusuf.

ISLAMABAD -- Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Security Moeed Yusuf on Wednesday said that about 25% of Pakistan's airspace has been reopened for repatriation of nationals stranded in different countries due to the global pandemic.

While addressing media after a meeting of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) along with Special Assistant on Overseas Pakistanis Syed Zulfiqar Bukhari in Islamabad, Yusuf said that all efforts are being made to bring back stranded Pakistanis to their homeland within a month.

"About eight airports are operational across the country for the purpose," he said.

Noting that 45,000 Pakistanis will be brought back to the country and will be tested at airports subsequently, Yusuf underscored that all returning Pakistanis will be bound to undergo a 14-day self-quarantine at their homes.

Meanwhile, Bukhari said that around 80,000 Pakistanis and 600 bodies have so far been brought back to the country.

"All returning...