- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs asks Pakistanis in Syria to contact the CMU.
- The ministry provides contact details for facilitation purposes.
- Rebels claim control of Syrian capital as Assad flees.
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has activated its Crisis Management Unit (CMU) to assist Pakistanis in Syria amid ongoing law and order problems and evolving crisis in the war-ravaged country. war.
The Syrian army command informed its officers this morning that President Bashar al-Assad’s rule had ended following a lightning offensive by rebels, a Syrian officer briefed on the decision said. Reuters.
In view of the situation, the Foreign Office (FO) has requested Pakistani nationals in Syria and their families to contact CMU at the following telephone number/email: 051-9207887/ (email protected).
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Embassy in Damascus remains actively engaged in assisting Pakistani nationals in Syria, a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FO) said on Saturday.
The Pakistan Embassy in Damascus can be contacted at the following address:
Cell phone/WhatsApp: +963 987 127 822; +963 990 138 972 and email: (email protected).
Assad left Damascus for an unknown destination, two senior army officers said. Reutersas the rebels said they had entered the capital without any signs of military deployment.
Thousands of people, in cars or on foot, gathered in a main square in Damascus, waving and chanting “Freedom”, witnesses said.
“We celebrate with the Syrian people the news of the release of our prisoners, the release from their chains and the announcement of the end of the era of injustice in Sednaya prison,” the rebels said.
The leader of Syria’s main opposition group abroad, Syrian Hadi al-Bahra, also said on Sunday that Damascus was now “without Bashar al-Assad.”
Faced with the deterioration of the public order situation in Syria, FO advised Pakistani nationals on December 6 against traveling to this country hit by violence.
In a statement, FO said: “Pakistani nationals are advised to avoid any unnecessary travel or visits to Syria until the situation improves. »
Those currently in Syria are advised to exercise extreme caution and stay in touch with the Pakistan Embassy in Damascus, the statement read.