7,000 expats to be flown back every week

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Saturday said Pakistan had enhanced its capacity to bring back 7,000 stranded Pakistanis from abroad every week.

Addressing the US-based Pakistanis through a video link, Qureshi expressed confidence that this figure will go up in the coming weeks, say media reports.

“It is our utmost endeavour to bring back all the registered 60,000 stranded Pakistanis before Eidul Fitr,” he said, adding that 10,000 Pakistanis had already been brought back.

He said the government had taken the initiatives to protect the poor segments and support economy at this critical juncture. He said contributions to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund for Covid 19 were encouraging.