Pakistan

PIA suspends Kabul flight operations citing non-conducive conditions

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced to suspend its Kabul flights operations till further notice.

Published

1 week ago

Oct 14, 2021 07:44 PM

Faisal Ali Ghumman

PIA suspends Kabul flight operations citing non-conducive conditions

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Accoridng to the PIA's spokesman, the decision was taken in view of changed dynamics and non-conducive conditions supporting international flight operations.

He said the decision to keep flying into Kabul even after the changed in regime was taken on purely humanitarian grounds, and on strong insistence of some friendly organizations.

PIA was operating charter flights to Kabul.

The spokesman said the insurance cost of these flights is very high and the fares cannot be reduced.

Therefore the airline is temporarily suspending its flight operations to Kabul, the PIA spokesman concluded.

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Published

1 week ago

Oct 13, 2021 09:00 AM

Mehak Javed

Pakistan’s COVID-19 positivity ratio rises again

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Punjab

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Sindh

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Balochistan

There are 33,092 confirmed cases while 350 patients have died from the infection so far.

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Pakistan

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2 weeks ago

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Mehak Javed

Pakistan logs 1,212 new COVID cases; positivity ratio at 2.60%

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As many as 1,181,054 patients have recovered from the disease with 3,079 critical cases.

Punjab

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Sindh

The number of infections has surged to 461,258 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,451.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Balochistan

There are 33,004 confirmed cases while 349 patients have died from the infection so far.

AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan

There are 34,278 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 738. On the other hand, there are 10,338 cases in GB with 186 coronavirus deaths.

Islamabad

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Pakistan

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Published

1 week ago

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Mehak Javed

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Punjab

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Sindh

The number of infections has surged to 464,142 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,514.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The confirmed cases have surged to 176,366 in the province with 5,666 casualties.

Balochistan

There are 33,100 confirmed cases while 352 patients have died from the infection so far.

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