Evacuation of Pakistani citizens during the Yemeni civil war (2015)
Evacuation of Pakistani citizens from Civil military operations | |
---|---|
Location | |
Planned by | Government of Pakistan Pakistan Navy |
Objective | Humanitarian relief |
Date | 26 March 2015 | - 29 March 2015
Executed by | Pakistan International Airlines |
Outcome | Around 503 Pakistani citizens evacuated from Yemen |
The evacuation of Pakistani citizens was a
According to
Pakistan government authorized the Pakistan International Airlines to launch of the special flights for aerial evacuation while the Pakistan Navy evacuated the remaining stranded Pakistanis with two frigates.[3]
Besides the evacuation of
China and the United Kingdom among other countries were also evacuated by Pakistan.[4] Approximately, ~1,800 Pakistan's citizens were extracted from Yemen and safely returned to Pakistan, before the conflict escalated.[5][6]
Background
On 26 March 2015, the
Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and took over the large parts of the country.[7]
The
Month Data | Citizens of Pakistan | Evacuation | Foreign Nationals | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Month | Number | Aerial evacuation | Naval evacuation | Foreign Nationals | Number |
February–March | 1,800[5] | Various sources | |||
31 March 2015 | 503[10] | Boeing 747 |
0 | 0 | |
2 April 2015 | 176[11] | Airbus A310 | 0 | 0 | |
3 April 2015 | 176[12] | Airbus A310 | 0 | 0 | |
4 April 2015 | 150[13] | PNS Shamsheer |
0 | 0 | |
5 April 2015 | 146[14] 142[14] |
Airbus A310 |
PNS Shamsheer |
India People's Republic of China United Kingdom Philippines Indonesia Egypt Syria Jordan United Arab Emirates |
11[14] 8[14] 4[14] 5[15] 2[15] 1[15] 1[15] 1[15] 1[15] |
6 April 2015 | 134[16] | Airbus A310 | Canada[16] Somalia[16] |
2 2 | |
8 April 2015 | 51 (36 Pakistanis) | PNS Shamsheer |
Romania Bangladesh Qatar Germany United Kingdom Philippines |
2[17] 4[17] 3[17] 1[17] 1[17] 1[17] | |
8 April 2015 | 119[18] | PNS Aslat | |||
Total estimates | ~3,382 | ~52 |
The
Zulfiquar-class frigates for the evacuation: the PNS Shamsheer and PNS Aslat.[19]
See also
References
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- ^ a b FO (8 April 2015). "Govt using all possible means for safe evacuation of Pakistanis from Yemen: FO". News International, FO. News International, FO. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
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- ^ "36 Pakistanis evacuated from Al-Hudaydah on PNS Shamsheer". News International, April 2015. News International. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.