PIA Plane Confiscated: Passengers face chaos at the airport

Lahore, 15th January: Pakistan’s High Commission in Malaysia is in touch with the relevant Malaysian authorities and PIA to address the issue of confiscation of the aircraft in Kuala Lumpur.

Baaghi TV: Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafiz Chaudhri said that arrangements have been made to bring the passengers stuck at the Kuala Lumpur airport after they were off-loaded from the PIA’s Boeing 777 back home.

He informed that PIA’s flight EK 343 carrying the passengers will depart for Pakistan tonight.

He said, “The passengers are being properly looked after and alternate arrangements for their travel to Pakistan have also been finalized. They will be departing Kuala Lumpur by EK 343 later tonight.”

A PIA aircraft has been held back by a local court in Malaysia taking one sided decision pertaining to a legal dispute between PIA and another party pending in a UK court.

The passengers are being looked after and alternate arrangements for their travel have been finalized.

— PIA (@Official_PIA) January 15, 2021

Earlier, a PIA spokesperson tweeted that the aircraft was held back by a local court in Malaysia “taking one-sided decision pertaining to a legal dispute between PIA and another party pending in a UK court.”

However, it is being reported that the passengers are facing trouble and have no clue whatsoever. Concerned authorities at the airport are not lending any help to the upset passengers who had to get off-board.

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