PIA to resume flight operation from Peshawar to Kaula Lumpur by March

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Privatisation and Aviation Muhammad Mian Soomro Tuesday told National Assembly that the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) would resume flight services from Kuala Lumpur to Peshawar.

He said the flight services will resume from March or April this year.

Responding to Calling Attention Notice, moved by Sher Akbar Khan, Mehboob Shah, Dr Haider Ali Khan, Junaid Akbar and Saleem Rehman in the National Assembly, the minister said currently PIA has no aircraft to immediately resume the flight operations from Peshawar to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sher Akbar Khan said a large number of people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were working in Malaysia as they have to catch their flights from Karachi and Lahore for going to Malaysia.

He said it eventually leads to waste of time as direct flight from Peshawar may reach Kuala Lumpur in only five hours.