'Will give permission to private airlines to bring Pakistanis home': SAPM Yusuf

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Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security Dr Moeed Yusuf has revealed that the government will grant permission to private airlines to bring back Pakistanis from countries the national flag carrier does not fly to.

"We will initially give permission for two flights and gradually increase it," he said.

The SAPM added the government was working on repatriating citizens from Turkey and Qatar and would "bring back all Pakistanis soon".

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