Govt sends relief goods for Pakistanis stuck in virus-hit Wuhan.

ISLAMABAD -- The government has sent relief goods for the Pakistani nationals stuck in China's Wuhan city, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, media reported.

Special Assistant to PM on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource development Zulfiqar Hussain Bukhari said that his ministry has provided 15-day ration and other necessary things to the 1,300 Pakistani students stranded in Wuhan.

Zulfiqar Bukhari maintained that provision of every possible assistance to the overseas Pakistanis was the government's top priority.

He said that they were in contact with the Chinese government over the issue.

Earlier on January 27, Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing had said...

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