Pakistan International Airline (PIA) chief Arshad Malik, has appealed US Ambassador Paul Jones to assist the national carrier in bringing back Pakistani nationals who are stranded in United States due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
“We want to bring back Pakistanis stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic Because of the pandemic, flights have been cancelled and we would like the American Embassy to help us out in this regard. The American Embassy can contact the relevant departments and help us in repatriating our citizens,” said the PIA chief.
PIA has been operating special flights to repatriate stranded Pakistani citizens across the globe.
A PIA flight carrying 250 stranded Pakistanis from Abu Dhabi, on Saturday, landed at the Karachi airport. Upon arrival passengers and flight crew were screened and have been transferred to a quarantine facility as a precautionary measure.
According to PIA officials, more than 11,700 nationals have been brought back to Pakistan via 104 special flights, operated to and from Saudi Arabia, Canada, France, Turkey, Japan, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and United Kingdom (UK).
Earlier, On April 22 PIA had announced to operate 53 special flights for rescuing stranded Pakistanis stuck in Algeria, Khartoum, Nairobi, Oman, Zurich, Amsterdam, Turkey and Jeddah.
