Six flights to Pakistan have been organized from Manas airport today, May 21. Press service of the airport confirmed the information to 24.kg news agency.
During the day airplanes will depart to Islamabad, Peshawar and Lahore. Two of them are regular flights, which have been operated before. Four more special flights were organized by the authorities of Pakistan in connection with the protests against foreign nationals.
A spontaneous protest against foreigners, which began in the evening of May 17 in Bishkek, ended only in the morning of May 18. The police managed to come to an agreement with the protesters, and they opened Chui Avenue, and dispersed a little later. According to the Ministry of Health, 41 victims sought medical help as a result of the mass brawl with foreigners in Bishkek.
Following a fight on May 13 in a hostel, which was one of the reasons for the protests, the police detained four citizens of Egypt; they were later placed under house arrest. A criminal case was initiated under the article «Hooliganism» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.
