Rawalpindi: Fifty nine Pakistanis are to be brought back today from Nepal, following the country’s devastating earthquake which claimed at least 4,310 lives.

“59 Pakistanis will be brought back to Islamabad today by C-130 which proceeded to Nepal early morning with relief goods,” an Inter Services Public Relations said in a statement “Army search teams have started rescue operations in Bakhtapur and Kathmandu, the most affected area due to the earthquake in Nepal,” the statement added.

On Sunday, a C-130 plane carrying 39 Pakistanis from Kathmandu arrived at the Noor Khan Airbase in Islamabad. Further, the army and government had earlier dispatched medical teams comprising doctors and paramedics, along with relief goods to Nepal.

The earthquake in Nepal has caused massive devastation of both men and material and resulted in the deaths of more than 4,310 people with more feared caught up in the debris.