The passengers of the Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) seized aircraft in Malaysia will arrive in Pakistan today via Dubai.

According to the spokesperson of the PIA, 118 will reach Islamabad airport today at 11 pm through flight no EK-614 while, 54 more passengers will be brought back through flight no QR-632 at 1:40 am via Doha.

As per the sources, the staff of the PIA is taking care of the stranded passengers in Dubai and Doha, said the spokespersons and added that breakfast was also presented to the passengers.

It is pertinent to mention here that Malaysian authorities on Friday have seized Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 777 over being defaulter of lease payment.

According to details, the plane was taken into custody on court’s order at Kuala Lumpur airport with passengers on board.

It is to be mentioned here that the PIA plane was taken on lease from a Vietnamese company in 2015.

The national flag carrier’s spokesman said that the matter is under hearing at British court. We are trying to resolve the issue at government level, he assured.

Moreover, the Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Saturday claimed that Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) acquired plane on expensive lease during tenure of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) term.

The aviation minister, while talking to media persons, said that PIA failed to pay lease on time due to coronavirus pandemic but Malaysian court issued order without listening to arguments of the airline.

PIA will appear before London court on January 22 and in Malaysian court on January 24, he further added.