The police officers, in order to buy time and earn good will, told the hijackers that the Pakistani embassy people had been summoned to talk to them but, at the same time insisted that they should not hurt the passengers and let the women and children go.
The authorities, in an attempt to gain favor and slow down the situation, told the hijackers that representatives from the Pakistani embassy had been called to talk to them while stressing that they should spare the lives of the passengers and allow the women and children to escape.