{"id":77303,"date":"2025-06-13T21:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T16:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=77303"},"modified":"2025-06-13T21:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T16:54:10","slug":"fo-sets-up-emergency-cell-for-pakistanis-in-iran-amid-rising-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/fo-sets-up-emergency-cell-for-pakistanis-in-iran-amid-rising-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"FO sets up emergency cell for Pakistani’s in Iran amid rising tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Following<\/span> Israel’s<\/span> overnight <\/span>attacks<\/span> against<\/span> Iran, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif<\/a> has <\/span>ordered<\/span> the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately <\/span>set<\/span> up <\/span>a crisis management cell to <\/span>protect<\/span> Pakistani <\/span>nationals<\/span> and pilgrims <\/span>already<\/span> in Iran.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Office <\/a><\/span>on Friday <\/span>announced <\/span>that it has <\/span>set<\/span> up <\/span>the crisis unit to <\/span>oversee<\/span> emergency measures for the <\/span>safety<\/span> and potential repatriation<\/span>\u00a0of Pakistani <\/span>citizens<\/span>, <\/span>particularly<\/span> pilgrims, as tensions <\/span>continue<\/span> to be <\/span>high in the <\/span>area<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The prime minister <\/span>directed<\/span> that all <\/span>means<\/span> be mobilised and <\/span>available <\/span>to <\/span>protect<\/span> Pakistani <\/span>nationals<\/span> and <\/span>facilitate<\/span> their <\/span>return<\/span> safely<\/span>, underlining that<\/span>\u00a0the Foreign Office and Pakistan<\/span>‘<\/span>s embassy in Tehran <\/span>should<\/span> stay on\u00a0<\/span>their<\/span> toes<\/span> until <\/span>things<\/span> return<\/span> to normal<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Office <\/span>announced<\/span> that <\/span>the Pakistani embassy in Tehran has been <\/span>directed<\/span> to<\/span> offer<\/span> the<\/span> fullest <\/span>support and services to nationals in Iran.<\/p>\n

The embassy has also <\/span>released<\/span> an emergency hotline number to help Pakistanis<\/span>\u00a0in need<\/span>. <\/span>Israel <\/span>bombed<\/span> Iran<\/span> on <\/span>Friday, killing Iran<\/span>‘<\/span>s several <\/span>senior<\/span> Iranian commanders and six nuclear <\/span>experts<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Israel <\/span>said<\/span> it<\/span> targeted Iran<\/span>‘<\/span>s nuclear <\/span>centers<\/span>, ballistic missile factories, and military commanders to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>stop<\/span> Tehran from <\/span>acquiring<\/span> an atomic weapon.<\/p>\n

At least 20 <\/span>top<\/span> Iranian commanders, <\/span>among<\/span> them <\/span>the <\/span>commander<\/span> of the Revolutionary Guards, Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh, were killed in Israel<\/span>‘<\/span>s <\/span>attack<\/span> on Iran on Friday, two regional sources <\/span>informed<\/span> Reuters.<\/p>\n

Hossein Salami served\u00a0as <\/span>commander-in-chief of Iran<\/span>‘<\/span>s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps, or IRGC. Iran<\/span>‘<\/span>s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, <\/span>named<\/span> Salami, who was born in 1960, <\/span>commander<\/span> of the IRGC in 2019.<\/span>
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\nMohammad Bagheri, a <\/span>veteran<\/span> IRGC commander, Major General Bagheri was <\/span>the<\/span> head<\/span> of Iran<\/span>‘<\/span>s armed forces<\/span>‘<\/span> staff<\/span> in <\/span>2016. Born in 1960, Bagheri <\/span>was<\/span> enlisted in <\/span>the Guards during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s.<\/p>\n

Amir Ali Hajizadeh was the <\/span>commander<\/span> of the Revolutionary Guards<\/span> Aerospace Force. Israel has <\/span>named<\/span> him as the <\/span>key<\/span> commander<\/span> responsible for <\/span>ordering<\/span> aerial attacks against its <\/span>borders<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

In 2020, Hajizadeh accepted responsibility<\/span>\u00a0for the <\/span>shootdown<\/span> of a Ukrainian passenger plane, which <\/span>came<\/span> just<\/span> days <\/span>after Iran <\/span>fired<\/span> missile <\/span>attacks<\/span> on US targets in Iraq in retaliation for the US drone <\/span>attack<\/span> that killed Qassem Soleimani.<\/p>\n

Gholmali Rashid was the <\/span>commander<\/span> of the IRGC<\/span>‘<\/span>s Khatam al Anbia headquarters. He <\/span>had<\/span> earlier <\/span>served as deputy chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, and <\/span>battled<\/span> for Iran <\/span>in<\/span> the 1980s war against Iraq<\/span>.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The other <\/span>four <\/span>scientists <\/span>who were <\/span>killed in Friday<\/span>‘<\/span>s <\/span>attacks<\/span> include Abdolhamid Manouchehr, Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari, Amirhossein Feghi, and Motalibizadeh.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Following Israel’s overnight attacks against Iran, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately set up a crisis management cell to protect Pakistani nationals and pilgrims already in Iran. The Foreign Office on Friday announced that it has set up the crisis unit to oversee emergency measures for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":42527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1932,5415,29446],"class_list":["post-77303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-foreign-office","tag-prime-minister-shehbaz-sharif","tag-emergency-cell-for-pakistani-in-iran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77303"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77305,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77303\/revisions\/77305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}