Flight operations at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport were restored on Sunday following a temporary suspension earlier due to fault in a submarine internet cable, which has since been repaired, DawnNews reported.

Internet services were restored after a 38-hour-long disruption caused by a fault in the India-Middle East-Western Europe submarine cable.

The disruption prevented airport officials confirming flight schedules and ticket bookings, as a result of which at least eight flights domestic and international flights were cancelled earlier today, airport officials told DawnNews.

The cancelled flights include:

Domestic

• PA-201: Islamabad-Karachi
• PK-368: Karachi-Islamabad

International

• PA-210: Islamabad-Dubai
• PK-701: Islamabad-Manchester
• NL-705: Islamabad-Madina
• NL-706: Madina-Islamabad
• PA-211: Dubai-Islamabad
• PK-742: Jeddah-Islamabad

According to ProPakistani, two other submarine cables, SEA-ME-WE 4 and TW1, have been offline since last month due to similar flaws, which has resulted in a bottleneck after I-ME-WE's breakdown.

The loss of these three submarine cables leaves Pakistan relying on SEA-ME-WE 3, SEA-ME-WE 5 and the AAE-1 submarine cables, out of which SEA-ME-WE 3 operates in a limited capacity, while the other two were installed only recently, ProPakistani had said.