The National Flag Carrier will bring back around 3,000 more Pakistanis stranded in Libya and nearby locations through seven relief flights, a PIA spokesman said here on Friday.He said that on the instructions of Managing Director PIA,Nadeem Khan Yousufzai, PIA will operate five flights to Tripoli,Libya, and two flights, one each to Djerba, Tunisia and Istanbul,Turkey.The relief flights will be operated by PIA Jumbo Aircraft from March 7 to 11.Five PIA relief flights (PK 7072) will operate from Karachi to Jeddah and then onwards to Tripoli and back to Karachi (PK7082).
In addition to the five relief flights, PIA will also operate two additional flights to bring back stranded Pakistanis who have reached Djerba, Tunisia and Istanbul, Turkey.
PIA flight PK 7592 will operate from Karachi to Jeddah for Djerba and then to Karachi (PK 7602) while PIA flight PK 7 Islamabad.So far PIA has brought back more than 500 Pakistanis. PIA will operate additional flights if required to bring back the stranded Pakistanis, its spokesman concluded – APP
