Observer Report Islamabad
The two Islamabad-Gilgit route Pakistan Interna-tional Airline (PIA) flights scheduled for the early hours of Tuesday were canceled Monday due to harsh weather ahead.
The flights PK 601 and PK 603 were scheduled to take off on Tuesday, one from Islamabad to Gilgit at 6:30 am and the other from Gilgit to Islamabad 7:00 am respectively, were put off.
In a separate development from the national flag carrier, PIA has announced discounted fares for Canada to Pakistan flights.
The national carrier announced to reduce fares up to 25 per cent for flights from Canada to Pakistan for a limited period.According to the spokesperson, the passengers from Toronto could avail the discounted fares by August 15.
Earlier in the month, PIA had announced special flight operations for the Najaf pilgrimage starting August 11 where 11 flights will take off with pil-grims willing to visit Najaf ahead of Ashura.