{"id":235877,"date":"2021-12-30T15:25:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T10:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=235877"},"modified":"2021-12-30T15:25:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T10:25:36","slug":"pia-resumes-direct-flight-for-mashhad-after-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pia-resumes-direct-flight-for-mashhad-after-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"PIA resumes direct flight for Mashhad after five  years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Thursday  resumed direct flights to Mashhad , Iran after a five-year gap.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson Abdullah Khan told that the first PIA flight departed from Lahore to Mashhad on Wednesday night with 165 passengers on board  while direct flight operation from Karachi to Mashhad will begin today.<br \/>\nIn a post on social-networking website Twitter, Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammad Ali Hosseini said that the two countries have agreed to promote air cooperation.<br \/>\nCEO PIA Arshid Malik said  flights for Mashad are being resumed to  facilitate the pilgrims. Direct flight for Mashhad was old outstanding demand of pilgrims.  <\/p>\n<p>Resumption of flight to Mashhad has made  the access  to the holy places  possible  for the pilgrims..  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Thursday resumed direct flights to Mashhad , Iran after a five-year gap. Spokesperson Abdullah Khan told that the first PIA flight departed from Lahore to Mashhad on Wednesday night with 165 passengers on board while direct flight operation from Karachi to Mashhad will begin today. 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