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| Nawaz orders evacuation of Pakistanis stranded in Yemen |
| 2015-03-28 |
| [DAWN] Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... on Friday ordered the Pak mission in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... to take steps for the immediate evacuation of stranded Pak families in the troubled country. According to a statement from the PM House, these instructions were issued keeping in view the deteriorating law and order environment in Yemen. Nawaz said people living in Yemen are vulnerable to all sorts of crimes including kidnapping as the state system there has collapsed. Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasneem Aslam had said on Thursday that the Pak mission in Yemen has been placed on alert and has been asked to keep in touch with the Pakistain community residing there. "The Pak community has been asked to be ready for possible evacuation," she had said. |
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