In rare gesture, deportees provided meal on arrival.

RAWALPINDI -- For the first time, 40 Pakistanis deported by Turkish authorities were served with meals upon reaching at the Islamabad International Airport on Friday.

A senior official of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) immigration said it had been decided to provide food, dress and shoes to deportees at major airports with the assistance of two non-government organisations.

He said that medical care, counseling and soft loan for their rehabilitation and reintegration will be provided on need basis.

He said on arrival, the 40 deportees were served with food packs. Video clips released by the FIA showed the deportees being served with rice in...

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