More Pakistani students set to return from Wuhan on June 5

By Masood Sattar Khan
(Pakistan News & Features Services)

The government has put all arrangements in place to bring back more Pakistani students from China on board national flag carrier. 

The PIA Special flight PK-8872 to leave Wuhan to Islamabad on June 5 to bring back home 300 students, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) announced. 

These students have remained stranded for five months in Wuhan, the epicenter of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 

This is going to be the second batch of Pakistani students from Wuhan returning home. Earlier on May 18 the first batch of Pakistani students were repatriated by PIA’s special flight that departed from Tianhe Airport Wuhan on board 274 returning Pakistani students from Wuhan in Hubei province to Islamabad.