The evacuation of Pakistanis from crisis-hit Sudan concluded on Tuesday, with more than 1,000 people transported to safety since the conflict began, according to the foreign ministry.
Sudanese clashes have killed over 500 people, displaced tens of thousands, and sparked a worldwide exodus.
“We have successfully and safely evacuated over 1,000 Pakistanis out of Sudan,” the ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement.
“With this our evacuation operations out of Sudan have ended,” it said, adding that it included all Pakistanis who had wanted to leave.
The final batch of Pakistani nationals was repatriated to Jeddah on Tuesday morning, according to an unnamed representative for Pakistan’s foreign ministry.
The evacuees were transported by sea from Port Sudan to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with the assistance of Saudi Arabia and China.
Most have already made their way to Pakistan.
Many Pakistanis in Sudan work in various technical and labor-oriented roles such as engineers, steel fixers, technicians, plumbers, welders, mechanics, and laborers.
Additionally, a number of Pakistanis are also engaged in small-scale businesses in the country.
Violence has gripped Sudan since 15 April when tensions erupted into armed exchanges between regular army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy-turned-rival, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
In a Monday briefing, Sudan’s top UN aid official, Abdou Dieng, warned that the situation was turning into “a full-blown catastrophe”.
