Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Federal government has extended the ban on flights from the UK to enter Pakistan in view of the ongoing second wave of coronavirus and reports of a mutated form of the virus spreading in the UK.
According to details, government has extended the ban on flights from UK to enter in the country to control the COVID-19 variant, a notification has been issued in this regard. Earlier the federal government had banned travelers from the UK entering Pakistan in view of the ongoing second wave of coronavirus.
The ban took effect on the night between December 22 and 23 and remained in effect to date. Passengers who were in transit and had not landed at the British airport were allowed to come to Pakistan. Passengers with Pakistani passports were allowed to enter the country after proving that they were not coronavirus positive.
