US special flight carrying 150 Pakistanis depart for Lahore

• The next PIA flight will be operated on May 13 and will leave for Karachi.

A flight carrying Pakistani students stranded in US due to coronavirus departed on Monday for Pakistan in a specially chartered flight.

In a tweet from his official Twitter handle, Pakistan’s Ambassador to US Dr Asad Majeed Khan said that the special flight has 150 Pakistani students onboard.

The ambassador said that he is grateful to the states for the special flight which will land in Lahore.

Saw off 150 Pakistani exchange students leaving for Lahore via US special flight. Grateful to @State_SCA for arranging the flight. Earlier, 65 exchange students had also been repatriated via Qatar Airways flight. Meanwhile, the next PIA charter flight leaves for Khi on 13 May. pic.twitter.com/kImVJALZrD

— Asad M. Khan (@asadmk17) May 11, 2020

Khan further said that the next PIA flight will be operated on May 13, which will leave for Karachi.