ISLAMABAD: (APP) Huge number of Pakistani Nationals repatriated from Turkey
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said Monday more than 4,800 Pakistan nationals had been repatriated from Turkey wherein around 5,100 Pakistan nationals were arrested due to illegal border crossing during the last three years.
Speaking in the National Assembly, he added the Pakistani Missions in Turkey had taken various measures for timely repatriation of those nationals.
He said Pakistan had got councilor access to its arrested nationals and added Turkey which was enjoying friendly relations with Pakistan had been treating well all those detained persons.
He said periodic visits were taken to deportation centers to ascertain the wellbeing of Pakistani nationals.
He said contact was established with family members of the Pakistani nationals as necessary and feasible in order to seek their assistance in provision of identity documents and confirmation of national status.
He said identity information and travel details of these Pakistan nationals were transmitted for repatriation to the relevant authorities in Pakistan for necessary facilitation or disposal of the cases as per the SOPs.
Replying to another question, he said Pakistan had consistently extended unequivocal and unreserved support to Palestinian cause. He said Pakistan considered all territories occupied by Israel during 1967war as being under illegal occupation and call for Israel withdrawal to achieve lasting peace in the Middle East.
As mark of solidarity and support to Palestine people, the President of Pakistan attended the 5th Extraordinary OIC Summit in Jakarta on March 7, 2016.
In 2006, a sum of US$3 million was provided by Pakistan as humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian National Authority.
Besides its reqular annual contribution to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees(UNRWA), he added Pakistan donated and additional $1 million to UNRWA for alleviating the sufferings of the Palestinian victims of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza.
Regarding Kashmir, he said Pakistan extends unflinching political, moral and diplomatic support to the just cause of Kashmir people for the achievement of their right to self-determination as was promised to them by UN Security Council resolutions and shall continue to do so.
About, Myanmar, he said Pakistan had been taking a serious view of the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
He also clarified that Tajik authorities regretted the discrepancy found in the map displayed at the site of the inauguration of CASA-1000 in Tajikistan.