Pakistani girl Asma Shafique among those rescued by Indian authorities from Ukraine
A Pakistani student was among those rescued by Indian authorities on Tuesday from Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion of the country.
Pakistan’s Asma Shafique was rescued by Indian authorities and is now on the way to Western Ukraine for further evacuation; ANI reported citing sources, adding that she will soon be reunited with her family.
Expressing her gratitude towards the Indian embassy in Kyiv and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their support, Shafique said, “I want to thank the Indian embassy of Kyiv for supporting us all the way here as we were stuck in a very difficult situation and I also want to thank the Prime Minister of India for supporting us.”
“Hope we get home safely because of the Indian embassy,” she added.
Notably, this is not the first time that a foreign national was rescued by India as a Bangladeshi national was also evacuated earlier, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The ministry later informed that a Nepali national will also be on board in an Indian flight under Operation Ganga.
Another Nepali, Roshan Jha, the first to have been evacuated from Ukraine by the Indian authorities, had also expressed his gratitude towards the Indian government for their support.
The Indian embassy in Kathmandu had later informed that seven more Nepali nationals were being evacuated by the Indian government from Poland.
The MEA also informed on Tuesday that all Indian students had been evacuated from Ukraine’s Sumy.
Around 18 thousand Indians have been brought back by special flights so far under ‘Operation Ganga’ from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation informed via a press release that a total of 410 Indians were brought back on Tuesday by special Civilian flights from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries by 2 special civilian flights from Suceava.
