{"id":22608,"date":"2024-12-13T07:36:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T07:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=22608"},"modified":"2024-12-13T07:36:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T07:36:35","slug":"318-evacuated-pakistanis-stranded-in-syria-return-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=22608","title":{"rendered":"318 evacuated Pakistanis stranded in Syria return home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG-20241213-WA0012-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG-20241213-WA0012-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG-20241213-WA0012-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG-20241213-WA0012-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG-20241213-WA0012-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG-20241213-WA0012-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad : A chartered plane carrying 318 Pakistani nationals who were evacuated from Syria to Beirut, Lebanon a day earlier landed in Islamabad this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister for Planning and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal and Chairman National Disaster Management Authority Lt. Gen. Inam Haider Malik received the repatriated nationals at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the directions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the comprehensive plan for the safe evacuation of Pakistani citizens was carried out by NDMA in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, the prime minister said the safe evacuation of Pakistani nationals from Syria was a top priority of the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He appreciated the prompt action taken by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Pakistani embassies in Syria and Lebanon, and the NDMA authorities in ensuring the safe evacuation of Pakistani citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, whose government provided all possible cooperation and assistance for the evacuation of Pakistanis via Beirut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister also directed the authorities concerned to continue taking immediate steps to evacuate more Pakistani citizens from Syria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad : A chartered plane carrying 318 Pakistani nationals who were evacuated from Syria to Beirut, Lebanon a day earlier landed in Islamabad this morning. Minister for Planning and Special&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":22609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-22608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-stories","category-national","tag-federal-minister-for-planning-and-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22610,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22608\/revisions\/22610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}