Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is currently speaking about Pakistani students in Kyrgyzstan.
His press conference in Islamabad comes after his visit to the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek where he spoke to officials about the recent mob attacks targeting international students, among whom were Pakistanis.
“I had said that I would not be placated until I physically come to Kyrgyzstan. The president had assured me that everything is under control and not to worry.
“But I told him that I would like to come and meet the injured and meet with the deputy prime minister,” Dar said.
He expressed his gratitude to his counterpart, Jeenbek Kulubaev, for arranging for him to immediately fly from Astana — where he attended a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) — to Bishkek.
Thousands of Pakistani students have fled Kyrgyzstan since the May 18 attacks, and more continue to return to Pakistan. More than 12,000 Pakistanis were studying in the capital, a Kyrgyz official had said in January.
On Monday, Dar urged his Kyrgyz counterpart Jeenbek Kulubaev to take swift action against the perpetrators involved in the recent attacks on Pakistani students.
More to follow