The government is set to dispatch food items for Pakistani students stranded in China in the wake of the the coronavirus outbreak, APP reports.

"We are sending food for the Pakistani students after getting approved a Rs20 million fund from the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) Board," said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari.

Accordingly, he said, a list of 1,300 Pakistani students stranded in China had been ascertained from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, APP quoted a press release as stating.