KARACHI: The Foreign Office has stated that 84 Pakistani nationals who were being held at Moscow airport since early morning are likely to be deported by Thursday evening.
“The Foreign office is in touch with Russian embassy in Islamabad on the matter,” said FO spokesperson Nafees Zakaria.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has taken notice of the reports of Pakistanis stranded in Moscow and has directed Pakistan’s Ambassador in Russia to help them, a statement issued by PM Office said.
A short statement issued from PM office says that PM while directing Pakistani Ambassador to Russia to take up the matter with Russian authorities at the earliest.
Russia deported 48 Pakistanis yesterday, who were part of a group that was held after landing in the country for a business trip, he said.
The spokesman said Russian government informed Pakistan embassy in Moscow that the 48 Pakistanis are being deported but did not give any reasons for detaining them.
Moscow is among the European capitals which beefed up security at their airports after the terror attack in Brussels.
