Evacuation of Pakistani citizens during the Yemeni civil war (2015)

Pakistan is in green and Yemen is in orange.
Evacuation of Pakistani citizens from Yemen
Part of Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
TypeCivil military operations
Location
Yemen
Planned byGovernment of Pakistan Pakistan Navy
ObjectiveHumanitarian relief
Date26 March 2015 (2015-03-26) - 29 March 2015 (2015-03-29)
Executed byPakistan International Airlines
OutcomeAround 503 Pakistani citizens evacuated from Yemen

The evacuation of Pakistani citizens was a civil-military combined effort by Pakistan to extract and evacuate overseas Pakistanis from war-torn areas of Yemen.[1]

According to Ministry of Human Resource Development of Pakistan, there were ~3,000 overseas Pakistanis residing in Yemen prior to the Saudi Arabian-led military intervention in Yemen.[2] In response to the Yemeni crises, the 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 overseas Pakistanis, citizens 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]

  1. ^ Haider, Irfan (27 March 2015). "Nawaz orders evacuation of Pakistanis stranded in Yemen". Dawn Newspapers, Haider. Dawn Newspapers. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  2. ^ PD, Public Domain. "Crises Management Cell". mofa.gov.pk/. Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  3. ^ Web edition (4 April 2015). "150 Pakistanis in Yemen to be evacuated on Navy ship today". News International, Edition. News International. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Pakistani warship PNS Aslat evacuates 11 Indians from Yemeni port". Hindustan Times, New Delhi. Hindustan Times. 6 April 2015. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ The Newspaper's Staff Reporter (6 April 2015). "Pakistani plane, ship to bring back 208 Pakistanis from Yemen". Dawn Newspapers, 2015. Dawn Newspapers. Retrieved 6 April 2015.