PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has decided nigh operation of international flights at Peshawar’s Bacha Khan International Airport over security fears.
Director General (DG) CAA Chaudhry Yousuf said that the decision had been taken for security reasons.
He said that there were 11 international flights being operated from the Peshawar airport.
The DG said that it was also decided to install modern scanning system at the airport.
It is pertinent to mention here that four attacks have been reported at the airport in last few months.
On October 7 Peshawar airport came under attack as some unidentified people opened fire at the airport around 4.30 am.
On September 27, a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft was fired upon during landing at Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar. However, no casualty was reported.
On September 1, a Russian cargo plane came under fire in the Sheikh Muhammadi area of Badhaber.
While in June this year, a PIA flight PK-756 was fired upon in a similar fashion in the same area. One woman was killed and two persons were injured in the attack
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