ISTANBUL: Two flights carrying 218 Pakistanis stranded in Turkey after a failed military coup landed Sunday at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi.
The flight TK-708 reached Karachi at 3am from Istanbul with 150 passengers. The second flight reached the city at around 8am Sunday, a private news channel reported.
It has been learnt that two more flights will reach Islamabad and Lahore today, while a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight will also reach Istanbul.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had directed Foreign Offce to make all-possible arrangements for the return of nearly 200 Pakistanis stranded in Turkey, after the security condition of the country deteriorated following a failed military coup late on Saturday.
The PIA chairman had announced that a Boeing 777 would be sent to Istanbul to bring back stranded Pakistanis.
At least 250 people were killed and more than 1,500 wounded as a faction of Turkish military revolted against the democratically elected government on Friday night.
The move was shortly followed by President Erdogan urging the people to take to streets. A large number of masses thronged streets of Ankara and Istanbul forcing rogue soldiers to retreat.
