ISLAMABAD – Forty-eight Pakistanis who were stranded at Russia’s Moscow airport have returned home while 84 others are expected to arrive later tonight.
According to the local channel, their repatriation became possible through the intervention of Foreign Office. The Pakistani traders – who had landed in Moscow to attend a mobile phones’ convention – were taken into custody by the Russian authorities upon their arrival. They were kept locked in a room for 24 hours and were set free today.
Officials said that remaining 34 Pakistanis are likely to return today at Lahore airport. Foreign Office spokesman Qazi Khalil confirmed that the Pakistanis stranded in Moscow have been repatriated from Russia. “We are still awaiting details as to what happened and why these Pakistanis are being repatriated… We are going to take up this issue with the Russian Embassy in Islamabad,” he said.
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