Cash-starved PIA cancels several flights

National flag carrier fails to clear dues if Pakistan State Oil.

KARACHI: Scores of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights were cancelled on Tuesday due shortage of funds.

Sources said that a number of domestic flights to and from Karachi were cancelled as the national flag carrier failed to pay Pakistan State Oil (PSO) for fuel supply.

The cancelled flights include Karachi-Muscat, and two-way domestic ones from Karachi to Faisalabad, Islamabad and Lahore, according to sources.

Similarly, fights from Karachi to Turbat, Bahawalpur, and Sukkur have also been suspended, airline sources said.

The insiders said the national flag carrier has requested the government for immediate provision of funds.

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