ISLAMABAD: A special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) charter flight carrying stranded Pakistanis will depart from Newark, New Jersey for Lahore on May 17 to bring back Pakistanis stranded in the United States. It is worth mentioning here that the government has also decided to send a special flight of the national flag carrier to bring back stranded nationals on May 18. The announcement was made last week by Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistani Syed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari on Twitter. “I’m very happy for the 1st flight going to Wuhan to bring back our Pakistani students on 18/05/2020,” he had said. “You guys have been the bravest soldiers, PM Imran Khan & Pakistan are proud of you,” he had added.

Source: Pakistan Today May 12, 2020 17:15 UTC