E-Paper | April 29, 2026

Dubai-bound flight diverted to Saudi airspace: media personality

Published June 23, 2025
comments
Whatsapp Channel

Media personality Fakhr-i-Alam has said that the flight he was aboard has been diverted to Saudi airspace and is currently circling over the kingdom.

“On an Emirates flight … were 50 minutes away from landing in Dubai. Got diverted towards Saudi airspace,” he writes.

“Now circling over Saudi, waiting for [the] next announcement. Meanwhile, getting updates that missiles are flying all over the place.

“The world needs peace and prayers.”

Our readers are at the heart of everything we do.
Do you have a thought to share or a way we can improve? We’d love to hear it. Reach out to us at feedback@dawn.com.
Live Israel Iran Conflict

Read more

Most Popular

01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09

Latest Stories

Opinion

Editorial

Growth to stability
Updated 29 Apr, 2026

Growth to stability

THE State Bank’s decision to raise its key policy rate by 100 basis points to 11.5pc signals a shift in priorities...
Constitutional order
29 Apr, 2026

Constitutional order

FOLLOWING the passage of the 26th and 27th Amendments, in 2024 and 2025 respectively, jurists and members of the...
Protecting childhood
29 Apr, 2026

Protecting childhood

AN important victory for child protection was secured on Monday with the Punjab Assembly’s passage of the Child...
Unlearnt lessons
Updated 28 Apr, 2026

Unlearnt lessons

THE US is undoubtedly the world’s top military and economic power at this time. Yet as the Iran quagmire has ...
Solar vision?
28 Apr, 2026

Solar vision?

THE recent imposition of certain regulatory requirements for small-scale solar systems, followed by the reversal of...
Breaking malaria’s grip
28 Apr, 2026

Breaking malaria’s grip

FOR the first time in decades, defeating malaria in our lifetime is possible, according to WHO. Yet in Pakistan,...
Dawn News English Podcasts
Subscribe