Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis Syed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari has said the government has nearly doubled flights and capacity to bring back stranded Pakistanis from Saudi Arabia.

In a tweet, he said 1,780 stuck nationals had already been airlifted during the last week.

Special Assistant said some 3,750 Pakistanis would be repatriated from Saudi Arabia via 15 special flights till 10th of this month.