Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri on Monday inaugurated Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) direct flight operation from Quetta to Dubai.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony, he said that the federal government under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan was paying special attention on the development of the province which was ignored in the past regime.

Qasim Suri said that the flight operation from Quetta to Dubai was a long-standing demand of the people while the launch of the flight operation to Dubai was a fulfillment of the government's promises saying that efforts were underway to provide all basic facilities to people of Balochistan in order to remove backwardness of the areas.

Earlier, people of Balochistan had to go to Karachi first for Dubai flight but PIA was providing airline traveling facilities to people of the province from Quetta Airport to Dubai in order to decrease difficulties of public, he added.

The Deputy Speaker appreciated the role PIA played during the pandemic coronavirus and terming it the identity and pride of Pakistan, vowed to gradually restore the greatness of PIA.

We are very happy to inaugurate the direct service of flight from Quetta to Dubai which was a prolonged demand of people of Balochistan, he said.

Suri said Corona had affected all sectors including the PIA services and it has improved the system while flights now run on its scheduled time which was a commendable effort.

"People are thanking us due to the good performance of PIA and positive measures by the government", he said new runway under construction at Quetta Airport for larger ships.