KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which has partially resumed its international flight operations, decided on Thursday to operate more flights to repatriate hundreds of Pakistanis stranded in Malaysia, Thailand and France.
A PIA spokesman said that the national flag carrier had decided to extend its international relief flight operations to bring back Pakistanis stranded in different countries. A special flight will be operated to Denmark from Islamabad on April 10.
Likewise, another PIA flight will be operated for Baku city of Azerbaijan to repatriate 125 stranded Pakistanis. On April 11, a PIA flight will be operated to Kuala Lumpur to bring back 175 Pakistanis, who have been stranded there for 16 days.
The PIA flight scheduled for Kuala Lumpur will take diplomatic staff of Singapore and citizens from Islamabad and will bring back the 175 Pakistanis to Islamabad. On April 11, a special flight of PIA will be operated for France from Islamabad and French citizens stranded in Pakistan will be repatriated to their home country on this flight.
On April 12, another PIA relief flight will be operated from Islamabad to Japan’s capital city Tokyo with Japanese citizens and essential goods on board.
As many as 200 Pakistanis stranded in Thailand will be brought back to Islamabad by a special flight of PIA, which will be operated on April 13. The spokesman said the people who wanted to travel by special flights and had not contacted their respective embassies were requested to contact the PIA offices or call centres for reservation.
