PIA chartered flight leaves for Poland to evacuate stranded Pakistanis

As reported by the Pakistan Mission at the United Nations, the Pakistani government is sending a chartered Pakistan International Airlines plane to temporarily repatriate stranded students in Warsaw.

The plane is expected to land at 10 am local time in Warsaw, and around 300 Pakistanis who fled the invasion of Ukraine will be brought home.

When the crisis began on February 24, there were around 7,000 Pakistanis in Ukraine (community 4,000, students 3,000), the majority of whom had already departed the country on the advise of the Pakistan Embassy.

More flights will be operated to evacuate students and families, the Pakistan Mission at the UN stated.

Earlier on February 24, the rescue expedition evacuated 1,525 Pakistanis from Poland, Romania, and Hungary.

The PIA flight departed for Warsaw at 0715 hours (PST) today and will return with the stranded Pakistan to Islamabad.