Thousands of Pakistanis in UAE are set to be repatriated, as 24 more flights have been scheduled from Tuesday until end of May.
A 10-day schedule was released by the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resources Development, which listed flight details from May 22 to May 31.
More than 60,000 Pakistanis in the UAE registered with the Consulate General of Pakistan in Dubai to return home.
As of May 15, a total of 5,883 citizens had been repatriated on 26 special Pakistan International Airlines flights.
The consulate told The National one flight will depart on Tuesday from Dubai and another will take off from Abu Dhabi on May 21.
However, the consulate warned citizens that all flights are “subject to change due to operational reasons and procedures”.
Those who wish to return are required to submit their request to the consulate. They will be contacted by officials and will be informed on how to move forward with purchasing the flight tickets.
Only PIA is selling the tickets and the consulate has previously warned citizens against scam artists pretending to be "special agents” selling false tickets.
On the whole, Pakistan is ramping up its repatriation operation. More than 10,000 citizens will be brought back from 47 countries this month.
Full list of flights during May
The emirate where each flight will depart from has yet to be revealed.
May 21
PIA flight to leave from Abu Dhabi
May 22
PIA flights to Faisalabad and Karachi
One Air Arabia flight to Lahore
May 23
One flight to Multan on a UAE airline
PIA flight to Faisalabad
May 24
One PIA flight to Peshawar
May 26
PIA flight to Lahore
PIA flight to Karachi
PIA flight to Peshawar
May 27
PIA flight to Multan
May 28
PIA flight to Islamabad
PIA flight to Multan
May 29
PIA flight to Karachi
PIA flight to Islamabad
May 30
PIA flights to Karachi, Islamabad, Faisalabad, Multan and Peshawar
May 31
PIA flights to Multan, Peshawar and Faisalabad
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