Pakistan decides to repatriate students from Wuhan.

Pakistan has decided to send its first flight to Wuhan on May 18 to repatriate its students from Wuhan, China. Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistani Syed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari made the announcement on Twitter. 'I'm very happy for the 1st flight going to Wuhan to bring back our Pakistani students on 18/05/2020,' he wrote.

'You guys have been the bravest soldiers, PM Imran Khan and Pakistan are proud of you,' he added. Earlier in January, when the coronavirus had not spread all over the world, Pakistani students in China had said that they were terrified and were 'being kept in one room.' It was learnt that a few of the students had been tested for coronavirus amid a hysteria that had spread throughout the world.

When the news broke out that the students were in a difficult situation, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on...

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