ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: A special PIA flight carrying 274 Pakistani students from Wuhan city in China arrived in Islamabad last evening.
During the period of lockdown in Wuhan, the Chinese authorities took extraordinary measures to ensure the safety and security of the Pakistani students.
A Solidarity Team of two officers including Third Secretary Muhammad Junaid and Education Attachè Muhammad Suleman Mahsud from the Pakistan Embassy in Beijing was also dispatched to Wuhan to look after the well-being of the students.
The government of Pakistan highly appreciates the efforts of the Government and people of China for extending full support and co-operation to our students, as the Wuhan city defeated COVID-19.
It would be recalled that the Chinese President Xi Jinping in his telephone conversation with Prime Minister Imran Khan on February 20, 2020 had reaffirmed that China will treat Pakistani students as “our own.”
FS Sohail Mahmood & senior MoFA officers extended warm welcome to 🇵🇰students returning home by @Official_PIA from #Wuhan
Appreciated their courage & perseverance as Wuhan battled #COVID19 & congratulated them on successful completion of studies. #LongLivePakistanChinaFriendship pic.twitter.com/LrR7VOfuMd
— Spokesperson 🇵🇰 MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) May 18, 2020
