Srinagar
National Conference MP Hasnain Masoodi on Monday reiterated his demand of evacuation of Kashmiris stranded in Kazakhstan, Krgystan, Uzbeistan, Pakistan and other countries.
He called on Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar this morning and sought early evacuation of the stranded Kashmiris including students, visitors and tourists, said a statement.
The minister, the statement said, gave a patient hearing to Masoodi and assured him that the government will take all possible steps to ensure safe return of all stranded people from the countries.
Masoodi who has been receiving distress calls from the parents and relatives of the stranded drew the attention of Jaishankar towards their predicament.
While highlighting the tribulation of the stranded people, Masoodi said, “I sought a quick response of the minister to the demand of safe return of Indians from J&K on compassionate and humanitarian grounds.”
He urged the minister to pursue the humanitarian approach adopted by him in various previous cases. “I also brought to his notice the innumerable sufferings the stranded are going through due to the prevailing crises,” Masoodi said, adding, “I expressed my dissatisfaction over the tempo of efforts underway in bringing all the stranded back home.”
Masoodi acquainted the minister that the stranded besides suffering due to shortfall of edibles, medicines and other necessary items were going through distress and mental agony.
“It’s not just the stranded who are going through tribulations, their families are also weighed down under anxiety. A timely and phased evacuation will bring much-needed respite to sufferers at both ends. I asked the minister to arrange special flights and open land entry points at Wagah so that Kashmiri students and others stranded from Kashmir can come back to their country,” Masoodi said.
