KARACHI: The Government of Iraq has cancelled the special permissiongranted to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for operating flights toNajaf and Baghdad for carrying the pilgrims of Arbaeen.
PIA on Monday announced that its scheduled flights to these holy cities inIraq will be cancelled owing to the suspension of special permissiongranted for operating them by the Iraqi government considering the threatof the second wave of Covid-19.
“Flights scheduled for Arbaeen from September 27, now have been cancelled”,said the PIA spokesperson. The announcement also added that the passengerscan get the refund of their tickets without any deductions.
The national flag carrier was scheduled to operate flights from September27 till October 5 to Najaf and Baghdad from Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad.
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Earlier, PIA had decided to schedule these special flights on the orders ofFederal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan with the objective offacilitating the travels of pilgrims.
