Int'l flights to resume Sunday to facilitate expatriates: PM.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government will facilitate overseas Pakistanis returning home who have lost their jobs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

'Tomorrow, we will partially open our airspace for international flights. This is being done specially to help our overseas workers who have suffered most in this pandemic but have shown great courage and made us proud,' the prime minister said in a tweet on Saturday.

We welcome you back home and our government will facilitate you in every way,' he added.

The prime minister added he appreciated the philanthropic role played By: the overseas Pakistani community in helping their brothers and sisters abroad during the pandemic.

'There are many examples where the Pakistani community has been a source of inspiration, helping those around in need,' PM Imran said.

The prime minister on Tuesday had approved the resumption of international flights after Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari raised the matter with him, sources had informed Geo News.

The prime minister, while green-lighting the resumption of international flights, had asked the relevant authorities to devise a plan of action to repatriate Pakistanis stranded abroad.

Those rendered unemployed and labourers will be brought in the first phase, sources had said.

The federal government on Friday decided to provide employment...