Misbah and Kamran Akmal, 50 others stranded at Dubai, Kuwait airports

Former cricket captain Misbahul Haq and Kamran Akmal, together with different Pakistanis, had been amongst these affected by the flight delays and cancellations.

Misbahul Haq and Kamran Akmal, who had been travelling to the US by way of Dubai, discovered themselves ready for hours on the airport as a result of disrupted flight operations.

Expressing their frustration, Misbah talked about that they needed to stand in line for half a day simply to talk to airport workers, highlighting the shortage of help and lodging for stranded passengers.

“Individuals travelling are caught for greater than two days with out resort lodging. Everybody have (sic) to be in queues for greater than half of the day simply to speak to workers at counters,” he wrote in a put up on X, resharing one other put up concerning “1000’s of passengers” being caught on the Dubai airport.

Akmal additionally posted on his X account decrying the service by an Emirarti airways.

Equally, passengers travelling from Madinah to Dubai by way of Kuwait after performing Umrah had been left stranded on the Kuwait airport for 2 days as a result of closure of Dubai airport.

Over 50 Pakistani passengers confronted distressing circumstances on the Kuwait airport, the place they had been left unattended with out correct lodging. These passengers needed to attain Dubai from Madinah by way of Kuwait after performing Umrah. Nonetheless, as a result of closure of the Dubai airport, the overseas airline left them on the Kuwait airport.

Reportedly, the Indian and Nepali passengers of the flight had been despatched to motels, whereas the Pakistani passengers had been left unattended on the airport. Aged girls, youngsters, and sick passengers had been pressured to sleep on the airport ground, with no response from Pakistani consulate authorities in Kuwait.

In a plea for help, passengers appealed to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for assist, as they continued to endure the ordeal with out ample assist.

Flight operations resume

Because the thunderstorm alert within the UAE ends, flights from Karachi to Dubai have resumed after the stormy rains within the United Arab Emirates wreaked havoc nationwide.

After the partial restoration of flight operations in Dubai, no flights from Karachi to Dubai and Sharjah have been cancelled, nonetheless, the departure time of flights has been delayed.

However, as a result of stranded PIA aircraft in Dubai owing to record-breaking rains, the PIA flight PK300 from Karachi to Islamabad departed 4 hours and 35 minutes late.