Russian authorities have deported 48 Pakistani traders while 84 traders are still in Russia. Pakistani Foreign Ministry officials informed that the remaining 84 traders would be deported later today.
The first batch of 48 Pakistani traders have been sent back to Turkey through Turkish Airline and the remaining traders will be sent to Pakistan through Emirates. Around 132 Pakistani traders visiting Russia for a conference were detained on the airport without any reason. Pakistani traders from Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore were visiting through a private company.
A huge number of Pakistani national have been detained at Moscow airport from last 24 hours by security forces.
According to the media reports,
According to the reports, detained traders deal in Mobiles where 70 belong to Karachi, 35 from Lahore, and rest are from Islamabad. They were travelling through a private company to attend a conference.