120 foreigners caught in curfew evacuated

Pakistan yesterday evacuated 120 foreigners, mostly Japanese tourists who had been stranded in the north of the country following sectarian clashes that killed at least 14 people. The town of Gilgit has been under an indefinite curfew since April 3 when at least 14 people were killed and over 50 wounded in two separate incidents involving two communities. Around 120 foreigners including Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean and Thai tourists, were evacuated from Gilgit, officials at the Islamabad airport said. Earlier senior police officer Tahira Yasubuddin said in Gilgit that a C-130 aircraft had arrived to transport them to Islamabad.