Islamabad:Kazakhstan and Pakistan are likely to be connected with direct flights on April 26, 2023. First flight is expected that day from Almaty to Lahore. Ambassador of Kazakhstan Yerzhan Kistafin was quoted by a local newspaper Islamabad Post in this regard. The ambassador was reported to have said that there will be two flights per week between Lahore and Almaty. In May direct air links between Almaty and Karachi shall be established.
Here it is worth mentioning that Ambassador Kistafin was working with the Pakistani authorities including government, civil aviation authority and PIA to start direct flights as it is the only way of smooth and early direct connectivity between the two countries.
Pakistan in the World hosted Ambassador a couple of months ago in its forum on bilateral relations and there too, Ambassador shared the possibility of direct flights in few months. The period of time he mentioned was almost the same that has been mentioned in his latest interaction with the above mentioned newspaper.
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