Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday ordered the Pakistani mission in Yemen to take steps for the immediate evacuation of stranded Pakistani families in the troubled country.
According to a statement from the PM House, these instructions were issued keeping in view the deteriorating law and order environment in Yemen.
Nawaz said people living in Yemen are vulnerable to all sorts of crimes including kidnapping as the state system there has collapsed.
Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasneem Aslam had said on Thursday that the Pakistani mission in Yemen has been placed on alert and has been asked to keep in touch with the Pakistan community residing there.
"The Pakistani community has been asked to be ready for possible evacuation," she had said.
