ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani government dispatched a military aircraft Sunday to airlift 120 foreign tourists, including 77 Japanese, from a northern region where sectarian violence has left them stranded since early this month.
Japan’s embassy in Islamabad requested the help from Pakistan once it became clear the region had become unsafe, transport links were broken and food at some hotels was running short.
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