Navy ship with 150 Pakistanis ready to leave Yemen: FO

ALSHEHER: A Navy ship docked at the port in the city of Alsheher is ready to leave the country with 150 stranded Pakistanis on board for Karachi.

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Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasneem Aslam tweeted around 150 Pakistanis have boarded the ship which will depart shortly.

“Chinese students and employees, mostly European and Indians of a company whose CEO facilitated our citizens, are on PN ship for evacuation,” Aslam tweeted.

“We were brought to Alsheher which is 50 KM from Mukalla under tight security,” said Shahzain who is among the stranded Pakistanis.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will hold a meeting on the situation in Yemen at 8:00 PM PST. The UNSC will deliberate on civilian deaths in Yemen and a Russian proposal for possible humanitarian pauses in air strikes.

Saudia Arabia and its allies launched Operation Decisive Storm against the Houthi rebels on March 26 to halt their advance in Yemen.