Mohsin Soomro

ISTANBUL: Pakistani entrepreneurs detained at Moscow airport are likely to be deported by Thursday evening.

48 among them, who were deported earlier by Russian authorities, arrived at Istanbul airport but, unluckily, they are also facing difficulties at the Istanbul airport as Turkish authorities stopped them to verify their documents.

According to the Foreign office spokesman, the Foreign office is in touch with Russian embassy in Islamabad on the matter.

The spokesman said Russian government informed Pakistan embassy in Moscow that the 48 Pakistanis are being deported but did not give any reasons for detaining them.

Pakistani Foreign Ministry officials informed that the remaining 84 traders would be deported later today.