*ISLAMABAD – **Saudi Arabia government announced positive news forstranded Pakistani Umrah pilgrims in Kingdom.*
*The Saudi Arabia government on Sunday gave further two-days to PakistanInternational Airline (PIA) for evacuating the Umrah pilgrims.*
According to the details garnered, Saudi Arabia authorities have allowedPakistan to evacuate its citizens stranded in Jeddah and Madina due to theoutbreak of coronavirus.
The PIA spokesperson said that the national airlines will continue theoperation till March 18 to fly back all the Pakistanis from Saudi Arabia.
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On the other hand, the Saudi civial aviation suspended all the commercialinternational flights for two weeks in response to the coronavirus. The PIAhas also been notified of flights closure.
“The kingdom’s government decided to suspend international flights for twoweeks (starting from Sunday March 15th) as part of its efforts to preventthe spread of #CoronaVirus,” the foreign ministry tweeted.
