A special flight of Saudia Airline on Wednesday brought back 237 Pakistanis from Jeddah to Multan.

The Saudia Airline special flight landed at Multan airport. All the passengers were screened at the airport and later they were shifted to quarantine facility and hotel, as part of SOPs issued by the Civil Aviation Authority to contain the virus outbreak. The crew did not come out of the plane.

The government planned to repatriate at least 10,000 Pakistanis stuck abroad in the next 10 days. PIA and other private airlines started repatriation flights from around the world.