Times of Islamabad

Good News for Pakistanis stranded in different parts of India due Coronavirus lockdown

Good News for Pakistanis stranded in different parts of India due Coronavirus lockdown

LAHORE: Good News for Pakistanis stranded in different parts of India dueCoronavirus lockdown.

A batch of 179 nine Pakistani citizens stranded in different parts of Indiaowing to coronavirus induced lockdown will return to Pakistan tomorrow (May27), Indian media reported on Tuesday.

The Pakistani nationals who had visited various cities of Indian states ofMadhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana and Uttar Pradeshwere stranded in the neighboring country due to the lockdown and could notreturn as both Pakistan and India sealed their borders.

Pakistani citizens were visiting India to meet their relatives in variousparts of the neighboring country.

According to Indian media reports, 179 stranded Pakistanis will reachAmritsar on Tuesday (today) for their repatriation to Pakistan on May 27(Wednesday).

Earlier, a batch of 193 Pakistani nationals, stranded in India due to theoutbreak of the novel coronavirus, had returned Pakistan via Wagah borderon May 05.

The Pakistan High Commission in Delhi oversaw the repatriation of citizensstranded in India due to the lockdown.