Two special flights carrying 354 Pakistanis arrive in Lahore

Lahore: Two special flights, carrying 354 Pakistanis from strife-torn Libya, arrived in Lahore on Tuesday morning. A chartered Turkish Airlines plane, with 174, arrived early morning in Lahore and the second plane, carrying 180 Pakistanis, arrived at 9:30 a.m. There are thousands of Pakistani expatriates and students still stranded in Libya. Several of those arrived complained about what they called non-cooperative attitude of the Pakistan embassy in Libya. They said that they were stranded for three days at the airport and had also not received anything to eat. A Punjab minister Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor, and other senior officials received the evacuated Pakistanis at the Lahore's Allama Iqbal international airport. A large number of family members and relatives were also there to receive their loved ones. The repatriated Pakistani told the media about the worst stories of their lives they faced during the crisis in Libya. They also appealed to the government to take steps for the immediate withdrawal of other stranded nationals in Libya.