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ArchiveUS team visits Islamabad International Airport to give clearance to PIA direct flights
RAWALPINDI: A United States (US) Transport Security Administration (TSA) team on Monday visited Islamabad International Airport (IIA) to conduct final inspection and give clearance to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to start direct flights to the US...
According to sources, the team will also visit Jinnah International Airport Karachi and Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore...
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ArchiveIslamabad International Airport does not have bomb disposal, detection squads
RAWALPINDI: Despite being one of the sensitive airports, the Islamabad International Airport (IIA) does not have bomb detection and bomb disposal squads...
The intelligence intimated that since the IIAP is a sensitive airport covered by greenwoods and located at a quite long distance from Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Attock, it should have rescue teams available 24 hours...
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PakistanPIA officer gets into physical tussle with security officials at Jinnah International Airport
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) officer assaulted three Airport Security Forces (ASF) officials at Karachi Airport on Thursday...
The ASF guard involved in the incident has filed a first information report at the Airport Police Station against the PIA officer, stating the woman was "creating a hindrance for an official, stopping him from performing his duty...
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WorldDubai airport retains top international spot in 2017
Dubai airport was the world's busiest for international passengers in 2017 for the fourth year running, with 88...
International traffic at the UAE airport increased by 4...
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PakistanPresident Alvi attends inauguration ceremony of Istanbul Grand International Airport
President Arif Alvi attended the inauguration ceremony of Istanbul Grand International Airport on Monday while on a three-day visit to Turkey at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
President Erdogan, while opening the airport ? which his government says will eventually become the largest in the world ? with great fanfare, said it would be "the pride of our country and an example to the world...
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Archive34 Covid-19 cases reported among international travellers in two weeks at Karachi airport
KARACHI: Five more Covid-19 positive cases were detected among international travellers arriving at the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, on Wednesday, bringing the total number of such cases in two weeks to 34, health department sources told Dawn...
Most of these passengers arriving from the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Iraq had been quarantined at the isolation centre in Bhitaiabad, the rest at the Airport Hotel while one of them had...
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PakistanPM Imran inaugurates Skardu International Airport, Jaglot-Skardu road in day-long visit
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday inaugurated the Skardu International Airport and Jaglot-Skardu road during a day-long visit to the region...
The airport in Skardu was previously only operational for domestic flights...
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PakistanLIVE: Islamabad United wreck Multan Sultans top order
Multan Sultans are 34-4 after 9 overs against Islamabad United in their Pakistan Super League 2018 fixture in Dubai...
Islamabad United won the toss and put Multan Sultans in to bat first — a decision that paid dividends in the third over when United bowler Rumman Raees got Sultans opener Kumar Sangakkara caught out...
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PakistanSenate body asks CAA to redesign third runway of new Islamabad airport
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Wednesday directed the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to revisit the design of third runway at the new Islamabad airport so that at the interests of the local settlements could be safeguarded...
The chairman of the Senate committee, Senator Talha Mahmood said the residents of Meelu village, located adjacent to the airport, feared that they would be uprooted if the...
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ArchiveNAB team set to ‘receive’ Nawaz Sharif at Islamabad airport today
LAHORE/RAWALPINDI: Disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif will be “received” by a team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) when he lands at Islamabad airport on Thursday morning...
A NAB official says the action is aimed at implementing the Islamabad accountability court’s orders, which issued bailable arrest warrants for the former premier after he failed to appear before it on Oct 26 in references related to graft and...
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PakistanPAC questions CAA over grounded PIA planes, irregularities in Islamabad airport
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday grilled Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) officials on irregularities in the construction of the new Islamabad International Airport and five grounded aircraft belonging to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)...
Audit officials later informed the committee that a contract worth Rs660m for a dam near the new Islamabad airport was given to an unqualified contractor who submitted faked...
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PakistanNAB directed to probe financial irregularities in construction of Islamabad airport baggage terminal
The Senate's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to probe allegations of financial misconduct surrounding the construction of the baggage terminal at Islamabad's new Airport...
The meeting, led by PAC Chairman Khursheed Shah, was briefed that misappropriations had been made in the construction of the baggage terminal at the new Islamabad airport...
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PakistanWith 'blast-proof' wall and new lounge, Islamabad Airport gets much-awaited upgrade
ISLAMABAD: Nine months and Rs450 million later, Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport has got its much-awaited facelift which includes what officials say is a "blast-proof wall", revamped business lounge and a new taxiway link...
According to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) officials, a number of missing facilities have been added to the airport during the refurbishment process...
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PakistanHeroin seized from Jeddah-bound passenger at Islamabad airport
The Airport Security Force (ASF) on Thursday night seized at least a kilogramme of heroin from a passenger at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport, said officials...
Officials said that the passenger, Zabat ur Rehman, was due to travel on Pakistan International Airlines' (PIA) Jeddah-bound flight 741 when the drugs that were hidden in his clothes were discovered, officials said...
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