ISLAMABAD: Around 427 Pakistanis have reached Port Sudan, a port city in eastern Sudan, for repatriation as the North African country continues to work with Islamabad’s missions in the region to provide relief to Pakistanis.
Fighting in Sudan has triggered a humanitarian crisis in the impoverished country, where millions of people have been left without access to basic services.
At least 420 people have been killed since the fighting broke out on April 15, four years after long-ruling autocrat Omar al-Bashir was toppled.
Amid the clashes, the Pakistan Embassy building in Sudan was hit by at least three bullets, the Embassy said in a statement earlier, advising Pakistanis to avoid leaving their homes
“All Pakistanis are once again advised to stay at home and avoid unnecessary outgoings due to deteriorating security situation,” the statement read.
In the statement today, the FO said it continues to follow the developments in Sudan and was working with Pakistan’s Missions in the region.
