{"id":77841,"date":"2025-06-18T11:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T06:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=77841"},"modified":"2025-06-18T11:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T06:43:09","slug":"pia-initiates-special-flights-to-evacuate-stranded-pakistanis-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pia-initiates-special-flights-to-evacuate-stranded-pakistanis-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"PIA initiates special flights to evacuate stranded Pakistani’s in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines<\/a> (PIA) has\u00a0<\/span>initiated<\/span>\u00a0a special\u00a0<\/span>flight\u00a0<\/span>operation to\u00a0<\/span>evacuate<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>stranded<\/span>\u00a0Pakistanis\u00a0<\/span>in Iran\u00a0<\/span>during<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the Israeli<\/span>-Iran conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n

A PIA <\/span>flight<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>left<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Peshawar\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0Ashgabat, the capital\u00a0<\/span>city\u00a0<\/span>of Turkmenistan, on Tuesday evening\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the evacuation. In <\/span>coordination<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>with<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the Pakistani embassy, 150 Pakistanis were\u00a0<\/span>evacuated<\/span>\u00a0from\u00a0<\/span>Mashhad<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>city\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Iran<\/span>\u00a0to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.<\/p>\n

These\u00a0<\/span>people<\/span>, who were\u00a0<\/span>stranded<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>after<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Iranian<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>airspace<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>closed<\/span>, will be\u00a0<\/span>brought<\/span>\u00a0back\u00a0<\/span>home<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>through<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a special PIA flight from Ashgabat. <\/span>On<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the orders of the\u00a0<\/span>government<\/span>, PIA has\u00a0<\/span>also<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>confirmed\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>more<\/span> special flights will be scheduled so more <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>stranded<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>citizens<\/span><\/a> can be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>brought<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>back<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>safely<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif <\/span>met<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Iranian Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam\u00a0<\/span>during<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>his<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>visit to\u00a0<\/span>the Pakistan International Maritime Expo and Conference on Monday.<\/p>\n

<\/span>While<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>meeting, PM Shehbaz Sharif\u00a0<\/span>repeated<\/span>\u00a0Pakistan<\/span>‘<\/span>s\u00a0<\/span>solidarity<\/span>\u00a0with Iran and strongly\u00a0<\/span>condemned<\/span> Israeli aggression and <\/span>assault<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0the country.<\/p>\n

PM Shehbaz Sharif\u00a0<\/span>also<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>extended<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>heartfelt\u00a0<\/span>condolences to the innocent\u00a0<\/span>lives<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>lost\u00a0<\/span>in Iran\u00a0<\/span>as<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>result of\u00a0<\/span>recent Israeli attacks. He\u00a0<\/span>pointed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>out\u00a0<\/span>that the\u00a0<\/span>whole<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Pakistan<\/span>\u00a0stands with the neighbouring\u00a0<\/span>nation<\/span>\u00a0during\u00a0<\/span>the conflict between\u00a0<\/span>Israel<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Iran<\/span>.<\/p>\n

<\/span>PM Shehbaz Sharif also\u00a0<\/span>referred<\/span>\u00a0to his recent\u00a0<\/span>talk<\/span> with Iranian President Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian, renewing Pakistan’s <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>support<\/span>\u00a0for Iran at the United Nations Security Council, where Pakistan\u00a0<\/span>opposed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Israeli\u00a0<\/span>moves<\/span>\u00a0as a\u00a0<\/span>breach<\/span>\u00a0of the UN Charter and international laws.<\/p>\n

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has\u00a0initiated\u00a0a special\u00a0flight\u00a0operation to\u00a0evacuate\u00a0stranded\u00a0Pakistanis\u00a0in Iran\u00a0during\u00a0the Israeli-Iran conflict. A PIA flight\u00a0left\u00a0Peshawar\u00a0for\u00a0Ashgabat, the capital\u00a0city\u00a0of Turkmenistan, on Tuesday evening\u00a0for\u00a0the evacuation. In coordination\u00a0with\u00a0the Pakistani embassy, 150 Pakistanis were\u00a0evacuated\u00a0from\u00a0Mashhad\u00a0city\u00a0in\u00a0Iran\u00a0to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. These\u00a0people, who were\u00a0stranded\u00a0after\u00a0Iranian\u00a0airspace\u00a0was\u00a0closed, will be\u00a0brought\u00a0back\u00a0home\u00a0through\u00a0a special PIA flight from Ashgabat. On\u00a0the orders of the\u00a0government, PIA has\u00a0also\u00a0confirmed\u00a0that\u00a0more special flights will be scheduled so more \u00a0stranded\u00a0citizens can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":37223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3657,29540,29539],"class_list":["post-77841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-pakistan-international-airlines","tag-pakistani-nationals-in-iran","tag-special-flight-for-stranded-pakistani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77841","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=77841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77842,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77841\/revisions\/77842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}