{"id":147220,"date":"2020-09-29T05:45:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T00:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=147220"},"modified":"2020-09-29T05:45:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T00:45:13","slug":"multan-bound-pia-flight-from-medina-lands-with-two-covid-19-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/multan-bound-pia-flight-from-medina-lands-with-two-covid-19-passengers\/","title":{"rendered":"Multan-bound PIA flight from Medina lands with two \u2018COVID-19 passengers\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TLTP<br \/>\nMULTAN<br \/>\nTwo passengers in a Multan-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Medina, the holy city in Saudi Arabia, are suspected of having COVID-19.<br \/>\n\u201cBoth the passengers have been shifted to Nishtar Hospital for undergoing COVID-19 tests,\u201d the sources privy to the details said, adding that both the passengers have been identified as Muhammad Azhar and Muhammad Nasir. \u201cOne of them belongs to Lodhran while other is the resident of Multan,\u201dsources claimed.<br \/>\nIt is pertinent to mention here that on September 23, with the special efforts of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Saudi authorities allowed PIA to operate 21 more flights to the kingdom.<br \/>\nAccording to details, PIA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Arshad Malik had informed the prime minister about the increasing number of passengers and problems being faced by Pakistanis travelling to KSA due to limited flight operations. He had requested PM Khan to resolve flights issue problem by discussing the matter with Saudi authorities.<br \/>\nKeeping in view the ongoing dilemma, the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) for Overseas Pakistanis, made contact with Saudi Human Resource vice-minister Dr Abdullah bin Nasser via video-link in which he appealed to the ministry to increase the number of flights to allay the grievances of the many people intending to go back to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TLTP MULTAN Two passengers in a Multan-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Medina, the holy city in Saudi Arabia, are suspected of having COVID-19. \u201cBoth the passengers have been shifted to Nishtar Hospital for undergoing COVID-19 tests,\u201d the sources privy to the details said, adding that both the passengers have been identified as Muhammad 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