Islamabad – The Pakistani Air Force has conducted an evacuation mission to airlift stranded citizens in Turkiye after a massive earthquake wreaked havoc.
Media reports, citing a PAF spokesman, said Pakistani students and families stranded in the region were being brought home on Ilyushin Il-78 planes that landed at Nur Khan Air Base.
The evacuated citizens thanked the Air Force for bringing them home and rescuing their stranded compatriots in Turkiye.
Another such mission by the Pakistan Air Force was reportedly waiting in line to assist victims of the earthquake, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Disaster Management Agency.
Pakistan is making every effort to help the Turkiye brothers as the national airline delivers 5 tons of relief supplies over the weekend. Six scheduled flights and two special charter flights have arrived in the earthquake-affected region from the South Asian country.
When the Pakistani government decided to turn the relief effort into Turkiye into a nationwide aid campaign, it established an airlift to transport relief supplies to Turkiye.
