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Hundreds of students and pilgrims, who were evacuated after Israeli strikes on Iran, will be transported to their homes across Pakistan after they were brought to Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province which borders Iran, officials said on Tuesday (June 17).
Commissioner of Quetta, Muhammad Hamza Shafqaat, told Reuters Pakistan officials tried to overcome "any visa or logistics issues and bring them to Taftan border as soon as possible.”
Shafqaat said 545 pilgrims and 207 students reached Quetta from Pakistan’s Taftan border crossing to Iran and the arrangements had been made to transport them to their hometowns on Wednesday (June 18).
Pakistan closed its border crossings with Iran at Panjgur indefinitely due to escalating tensions, the district administration of Panjgur announced on Sunday (June 15). However, the Taftan border remains operational for repatriation and trade activity.
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