Islamabad:
Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar confirmed that 450 Pakistani pilgrims had been successfully evacuated from Iran, declaring that the government took all the necessary measures to ensure the safety of Pakistani nationals in the region.
In a press release published on X on Sunday, DAR said that the evacuation of 450 Pakistani pilgrims from Iran had been completed on Saturday. He added that arrangements are also taken for safe evacuation of the first batch of 154 Pakistani students blocked in Iran.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has also said that efforts are underway to evacuate and ensure the safe accommodation of the Pakistanis blocked in Iraq.
“Our embassy in Iraq is in contact with the Pakistani Zaire which are blocked due to the closure of airspace. Measures are underway to ensure their stay in Iraq and a possible evacuation,” said DAR. A 24 -hour crisis management unit (CMU) is active at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to help Pakistani nationals. The CMU can be contacted at +92 51-9207887 or by e-mail at [email protected]. “Our embassies in the region closely coordinate all the efforts necessary to support the Pakistani nationals and the Zaireen,” he added.
In the early hours of Friday, Israel launched an attack on Iran, targeting the country’s nuclear installations, ballistic missile factories and military staff. The assault marked the beginning of what Israel described as an prolonged military commitment, made under the pretext of preventing Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon.
Seventy-eight people, including six nuclear scientists and the superior generals of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), were killed in the attack. Tasnim’s semi-official news agency has identified scientists like Abdulhamid Minouchehr, Ahmadreza Zolfaghari, Seyyed Amirhossein Faqhi, Motablizadeh, Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi and Fereydoun Abbasi.
Iranian ballistic missile attacks killed three people and injured at least 91 in the center of Israel, in response to Israeli air strikes targeting nuclear and military keys inside Iran.
In the suburbs of Tel Aviv de Ramat Gan, nine buildings were destroyed and hundreds of apartments have been damaged, Haaretz reported. About 400 residents were evacuated from the Grande Aviv region due to structural damage.
Visuals have shown general devastation, including fire vehicles and flattened residential blocks.
