As Pakistan ferried 11 Indians whom it evacuated from strife-torn Yemen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today, thanked his counterpart Nawaz Sharif for the "humanitarian gesture" and remarked that "service to humanity knows no borders".
The Prime Minister tweeted:
The Prime Minister also noted that India extended help to Pakistan and other neighbours Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka to evacuate their citizens from Yemen.
Mr Sharif had, yesterday, offered to send the 11 Indians evacuated by Pakistani Navy from Yemen by a special flight, which was readily accepted by India. They were airlifted from Karachi to New Delhi today.
The Indians were evacuated by a Pakistani Navy ship from Yemen to Karachi along with 171 Pakistanis.
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