Saudi Arabia to lift ban on direct flights from Pakistan
Published 26 Nov, 2021 via Dawn - Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday announced that Saudi Arabia had decided to allow direct flights from Pakistan from December 1 after lifting a ban.
In a tweet, Mr Chaudhry said the Saudi directive would become effective from Wednesday.According to reports in the media, Saudi authorities have decided to withdraw a ban on flights from six countries — Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Egypt, Brazil and Vietnam — and passengers from these countries will no longer be required to undergo a 14-day quarantine in a third country.
Saudi Arabia had issued temporary restrictions on travellers from the six countries who had not received two doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the kingdom.
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