{"id":981,"date":"2026-05-15T15:52:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/?p=981"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:52:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:52:36","slug":"pakistan-repatriates-11-nationals-20-iranians-from-us-seized-vessel-dar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/pakistan-repatriates-11-nationals-20-iranians-from-us-seized-vessel-dar\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan repatriates 11 nationals, 20 Iranians from US-seized vessel: Dar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ISLAMABAD<\/strong>: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday that Pakistan had successfully repatriated 11 Pakistani nationals alongside 20 Iranian nationals who were aboard a vessel seized by the United States in the high seas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am pleased to share that we have been successful in repatriating 11 Pakistani nationals, alongside 20 nationals from our brotherly country, Iran, through Singapore, who were aboard vessels seized in the high seas by the United States,\u201d Dar said in a post on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said all the individuals were in good health and high spirits, adding that the welfare and well-being of Pakistanis abroad, particularly those in distress, remained the government\u2019s highest priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The foreign minister said all the individuals, including the Pakistanis and Iranians aboard, had safely reached Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll individuals have reached Bangkok from Singapore and already boarded the flight scheduled to reach Islamabad later tonight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dar added that after arriving in Islamabad, the Iranian nationals would be facilitated in returning to their homeland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday that Pakistan had successfully repatriated 11 Pakistani nationals alongside 20 Iranian nationals who were aboard a vessel seized by the United States in the high seas. \u201cI am pleased to share that we have been successful in repatriating 11 Pakistani nationals, alongside 20 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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