{"id":64373,"date":"2020-04-22T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T04:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64373"},"modified":"2020-04-21T17:48:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T12:48:44","slug":"pia-revise-fare-prices-stranded-pakistanis-pandemic-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pia-revise-fare-prices-stranded-pakistanis-pandemic-lockdown.html","title":{"rendered":"PIA to revise fare prices for stranded Pakistanis amid pandemic lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Arshad Malik has directed the airline&#8217;s officials to revise travel fares for facilitating Pakistanis stranded abroad amid the country&#8217;s going pandemic lockdown, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-divides-karachi-markets-13-sectors-reopening-rotational-basis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sindh govt divides Karachi markets in 13 sectors for reopening on rotational basis (opens in a new tab)\">Sindh govt divides Karachi markets in 13 sectors for reopening on rotational basis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the publication, the PIA CEO ordered that the fare costs should be aimed at meeting the operational costs of the flights. A PIA spokesperson further informed that the PIA\u2019s commercial department had also been directed to penalize those allegedly involved in overcharging Pakistani passengers stuck in foreign countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-coronavirus-fund-receives-pkr-3-14bn-donations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\"> Sindh Coronavirus Fund receives PKR 3.14bn in donations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan held a meeting with PIA CEO Arshad Malik and discussed the relief operation aimed at helping stranded Pakistanis. The minister was informed that the PIA, apart from bringing Pakistanis back home, was also flying foreign citizens and expatriates back to their own respective countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/small-business-owners-request-sindh-govt-to-reopen-markets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Small business owners request Sindh govt to reopen markets for limited hours (opens in a new tab)\">Small business owners request Sindh govt to reopen markets for limited hours<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister was also informed about the safety protocols implemented to stem the spread of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-committed-provide-comprehensive-economic-solutions-amid-covid-19-crunch-dawood.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19 pandemic (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>, along with other critical aspects of the flights and fares involved in the operation. In addition, the PIA CEO took the opportunity to assure the minister that he would be investigating the claims that the national airline was charging high fares due to high operational costs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Arshad Malik has directed the airline&#8217;s officials to revise travel fares for facilitating Pakistanis stranded abroad amid the country&#8217;s going pandemic lockdown, a news source reported. Read: Sindh govt divides Karachi markets in 13 sectors for reopening on rotational basis As per the publication, the PIA CEO ordered that the fare costs should be aimed at meeting the operational costs of the flights. A PIA spokesperson further informed that the PIA\u2019s commercial department had also been directed to penalize those allegedly involved in overcharging Pakistani passengers stuck in foreign countries. Read: Sindh Coronavirus Fund receives PKR 3.14bn in donations Meanwhile, Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan held a meeting with PIA CEO Arshad Malik and discussed the relief operation aimed at helping stranded Pakistanis. The minister was informed that the PIA, apart from bringing Pakistanis back home, was also flying foreign citizens and expatriates back to their own respective countries. Read: Small business owners request Sindh govt to reopen markets for limited hours The minister was also informed about the safety protocols implemented to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with other critical aspects of the flights and fares&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":63678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[26824,26826,24718,26825],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-chief-executive-officer-ceo-arshad-malik","8":"tag-minister-for-aviation-ghulam-sarwar-khan","9":"tag-pakistan-international-airlines-pia","10":"tag-pandemic-lockdown"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PIA to revise fare prices for stranded Pakistanis pandemic - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Arshad Malik has directed the airline&#039;s officials to revise travel fares\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pia-revise-fare-prices-stranded-pakistanis-pandemic-lockdown.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PIA to revise fare prices for stranded Pakistanis pandemic - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karachi: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Arshad Malik has directed the airline&#039;s officials to revise travel fares\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pia-revise-fare-prices-stranded-pakistanis-pandemic-lockdown.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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