Two charter flights scheduled to leave Islamabad for Canada carrying Afghan refugees failed to depart Pakistan this week, CBC News has learned. It was the second flight cancelled this week. No explanation for the cancelled flights were provided to Haqmall or his family by the UN, the government of Pakistan or the Canadian government. Eleven previous flights from Pakistan have brought Afghans to Canada in the last few months. Asad Ali Afghan, who has been in Islamabad for eight months, told CBC News he could not think of the last time flights out of Pakistan were cancelled or delayed.

Source: CBC News June 30, 2022 05:06 UTC