PIA's special flight evacuates 200 Pakistanis from Malaysia, Singapore

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A special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has flown 200 Pakistani nationals who were stranded in Malaysia and Singapore for three weeks to Islamabad.

The flight (Islamabad-Kuala Lumpur) also repatriated 120 Malaysian and Singaporean nationals from Pakistan.

The eight Pakistani nationals repatriated from Singapore included two critical patients. The plane also carried four bodies.

The passengers included short term visitors, the destitute and the vulnerable who were facing hardships due to closure of flights and lockdown in Malaysia, the Pakistan High Commission in Kuala Lumpur said.

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