ISLAMABAD: A day after extending a ban on international and domestic air travel, the federal government on Friday decided to allow private airlines to resume operations within the country “subject to compliance with relevant Standard Operating Procedures”. According to a notification by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the private airlines will be allowed to operate “only subject to compliance with relevant Standard Operating Procedures”. “The suspension of International and Domestic Operations as effected vide earlier orders along-with relevant provisions therein will remain unchanged,” stated the notification. Moeed also said that Pakistan decided to send aid in the form of medicine and food to Afghanistan on humanitarian ground. He informed that over 4,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus cases in Pakistan are less than 50 years of age, which is alarming.

Source: Pakistan Today April 10, 2020 16:41 UTC