ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Pakistan’s Ministry of foreign affairs has revealed that 300 Pakistani pilgrims are stranded in Iraq’s capital Baghdad due to flights suspension.The pilgrims had traveled to Baghdad to attend the annual Urs of Sufi saint Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani.
“Pakistan’s mission in Baghdad has informed the ministry of foreign affairs that 300 Pakistani Zaireen (pilgrims) were stranded due to suspension of flights of Etihad Airlines, Emirates Airlines, Air Dubai, Air Jordan and some other airlines,” Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told a weekly news briefing.
Most of these Pakistanis are currently staying at a complex of the shrine where they are being provided accommodation and food, she added. The Community Welfare Attache of Pakistan’s mission in Baghdad, Aamir Rehman, visited these Pakistanis on February 3 and addressed most of their immediate needs.
“He, along with group leaders, also visited Etihad Airline’s office in Baghdad to discuss their early return to Pakistan,” she said, adding that the airline management had assured that these people would be sent back to Pakistan on priority.
