Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has urged Canada to reconsider its decision to suspend flights from Pakistan.

According to the Foreign Office, Qureshi received a telephone call from Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau, who briefed him on Canada's decision to suspend flights to and from Pakistan "in the wake of an upsurge in Covid-19 cases in Canada".

While offering condolences on the loss of lives in Canada due to Covid, Qureshi apprised Garneau of the measures taken by the government to mitigate the impact of the pandemic and "urged that the Canadian government may reconsider its decision of suspending flights from Pakistan".

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