Watch: Pakistani student thanks PM Modi, Indian embassy for evacuating her from Ukraine

International

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Kyiv,
Mar
09:
Amid
escalating
tensions
between
Russia
and
Ukraine,
Indian
authorities
rescued
a
Pakistani
student
stranded
in
strife-torn
Ukraine.

According
to
ANI
reports,
Pakistan’s
Asma
Shafique,
who
was
rescued
by
the
Indian
authorities,
is
now
en
route
to
Western
Ukraine
for
further
evacuation
out
of
the
country.
She
will
be
reunited
with
her
family
soon.

After
the
Indian
authorities
rescued
her,
Shafique
expressed
her
gratitude
towards
the
Indian
embassy
in
Kyiv
and
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
for
their
support.

“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
said.

This
is
not
the
first
time
a
foreign
national
was
rescued
by
India.
Earlier,
India
had
evacuated
Bangladeshi
national,
according
to
the
Ministry
of
External
Affairs
(MEA),
that
had
later
also
informed
that
that
one
Nepali
citizen
will
be
coming
on
board
an
Indian
flight
under
Operation
Ganga.

Roshan
Jha,
the
first
Nepali
national
to
have
been
evacuated
from
Ukraine
by
the
Indian
authorities,
had
also
expressed
his
gratitude
towards
the
Indian
government
for
their
support,
reported
The
Kathmandu
Post.

Later,
the
Indian
embassy
in
Kathmandu
had
informed
that
seven
more
Nepalis
were
being
evacuated
by
the
Indian
government
from
Poland.

Under
‘Operation
Ganga’ to
rescue
Indian
citizens
from
Ukraine’s
neighbouring
countries,
about
18
thousand
Indians
have
been
brought
back
by
special
flights
so
far.