RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is expected to get permission in a day or two from Saudi authorities to operate 28 more flights to the Kingdom.

The PIA administration has been seeking permission from the Saudi authorities to operate more flights to the kingdom due to increasing number of passengers intending to travel to Saudi Arabia.

PIA spokesman Abdullah Hafeez Khan said on Friday that since the PIA was granted permission to operate 23 flights to Saudi Arabia on September 15, the booking of seats had been started.

He said the PIA management has been in contact with the Saudi authorities in connection with getting permission to operate more flights.

However, he said, the PIA management had made arrangements to operate flights and booking will be started soon after permission was granted.

Published in Dawn, September 19th, 2020

Opinion

Editorial

Digital growth
Updated 25 Apr, 2024

Digital growth

Democratising digital development will catalyse a rapid, if not immediate, improvement in human development indicators for the underserved segments of the Pakistani citizenry.
Nikah rights
25 Apr, 2024

Nikah rights

THE Supreme Court recently delivered a judgement championing the rights of women within a marriage. The ruling...
Campus crackdowns
25 Apr, 2024

Campus crackdowns

WHILE most Western governments have either been gladly facilitating Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, or meekly...
Ties with Tehran
Updated 24 Apr, 2024

Ties with Tehran

Tomorrow, if ties between Washington and Beijing nosedive, and the US asks Pakistan to reconsider CPEC, will we comply?
Working together
24 Apr, 2024

Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Farmers’ anxiety
24 Apr, 2024

Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...