NA speaker wants Pakistanis stranded in Kuwait repatriated.

Byline: Kalbe Ali

ISLAMABAD -- National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has discussed with the ministers concerned the repatriation of Pakistanis stranded in Kuwait due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The speaker took up the matter with Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Interior Minister retired Brig Ejaz Shah and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Syed Zulfi Bukhari for starting special flight operations from and to Kuwait.

The coronavirus pandemic has left a significant number of PakAisAtani expatriates stranded in Kuwait who intend to return to the country and are constantly asking for a regular operation of special flights from and to Kuwait for their repatriation.

The speaker informed the cabinet members that there were many Pakistanis in Kuwait who wanted to return to the country. He said in the absence of regional passport offices in their zones, they had to travel long journeys for...