Int`l flights service resumes for Sialkot after three-month hiatus.

SIALKOT -- International flights resumed at the Siallcot International Airport with the arrival of a direct flight (PK9206) of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday with 135 passengers onboard after theairport remained closed for more than three months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Senior PIA officials and leading people from travel trade accorded a warm welcome to the passengers on their arrival.

The officials said the other international airlines would also resume their international flight operations for Sialkot soon.

On this occasion, District Health Authority Chief Executive Of ficer Dr Muhammad Aslam Chaudhry said the Sialkot health department had followedstandard operating procedures (SOPs) and set up counters to check passengers coming from abroad.

According to protocols, decided by the government of Pakistan and available at its websitecovid.gov.pk, `passengers will undergo heightened screening at established health desks upon arrival to the airport.

Screening will be carried out using thermal gun, thermal scanners and reviews by health professionals. These health desks have been set up with assistance from NDMA/NIH, while thehuman resource to augment the system is being provided by each respective...