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Senate 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...

NAB 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...

PAC 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...

NAB 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...

With '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...

Heroin 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...

In June, 70 capsules filled with heroin were confiscated from a passenger also headed to Jeddah at Islamabad airport...

Flights resume at Islamabad airport as internet services restored

Flight operations at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport were restored on Sunday following a temporary suspension earlier due to fault in a submarine internet cable, which has since been repaired, DawnNews reported...

The disruption prevented airport officials confirming flight schedules and ticket bookings, as a result of which at least eight flights domestic and international flights were cancelled earlier today,...

Invaluable artefacts seized at Islamabad airport

RAWALPINDI / KARACHI: The Air Freight Unit (AFU) of Pakistan Customs at Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Friday foiled an attempt to smuggle centuries-old and gold-plated statues of Buddha to Japan...

Deputy Collector of Customs Shahid Jan told Dawn his department’s officials at the dry port would be asked to explain why they sent the consignment containing the contraband items to Islamabad for export...

ASF recovers heroin from Bahrain-bound passenger at Islamabad airport

The Airport Security Force (ASF) on Thursday foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs to Bahrain, seizing a kilogramme of heroin from a passenger travelling from the Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad...

According to the ASF, the drugs were recovered from the passenger's luggage during a security check-in for Gulf Air 771 at the Islamabad airport...

ANF recovers 1kg heroin from Abu Dhabi-bound passenger at Islamabad airport

The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) recovered one kilogramme of heroin from a passenger at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport, officials said Friday...

On May 22, some 20kg heroin was recovered from a London-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight at Islamabad Airport...

FIA official arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting foreigner at Islamabad airport

An assistant director of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was arrested Thursday on the charge that he sexually harassed an Afghan national at the Islamabad airport...

According to the FIR, the complainant accused the official of sexually harassing her at the airport when she, along with her sister, arrived there from Afghanistan...

Afghan national carrying 23 official passports detained at Islamabad airport

An Afghan national was taken into custody on Friday from the Islamabad airport after airport officials said they had discovered 23 passports from his person...

Airport officials told DawnNews that the suspect was taken into custody after an intelligence agency pointed him out...

2kg of heroin recovered from passenger at Islamabad airport

The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Sunday recovered two kilogrammes of heroin from a passenger at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport, officials said...

Earlier this week, 20kg of heroin were recovered from a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight at Islamabad airport...

DG FIA takes notice of 'assault' on female passengers at Islamabad airport

Director General (DG) Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) Amlish Khan on Wednesday took notice of the alleged assault of two female passengers by an FIA official at Benazir Bhutto International Airport...

Nigerian national detained at Islamabad airport for 'heroin possession'

Airport Security Force (ASF) officials on Friday detained a Nigerian passenger at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA) for allegedly possessing heroin, ASF sources told DawnNews...