ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Airlines (PIA) has suspended flights to Gulf countries after Iran launched missile attacks on US bases in Iraq and Qatar.
According to a PIA spokesperson, the flights have been “temporarily suspended to Doha, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Dubai” in view of the emerging situation in the Gulf region.
In view emerging situation in the Gulf region, #PIA is temporarily suspending its flights to #Doha, #Kuwait, #Bahrain and #Dubai.
All pax are requested to kindly contact our Call Centre at 021-111-786-786 for updated flight info / rebooking on alternate flights.
— PIA (@Official_PIA) June 23, 2025
The Gulf countries, including Qatar, Kuwait, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) closed their airspace “until further notice” after Iran carried out a missile attack on the Al Udeid US airbase in Qatar on Monday.
According to Reuters, explosions were heard across the Qatari capital following Tehran’s threat to retaliate for US airstrikes on its nuclear sites.
The Iranian military said the attack was “devastating and powerful” but US officials said no US personnel were killed or injured in the attack on the airbase, the largest US military installation in the Middle East.
Iran had issued threats to retaliate against the United States after US bombers dropped 30,000-pound bunker-busters on Iranian underground nuclear facilities at the weekend, joining Israel’s air war against Tehran, and President Donald Trump mooted the possibility of the Iranian government being toppled.
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Airspace ban on India extended
Earlier on Monday, Pakistan extended an airspace ban on Indian aircraft until July 23, the Pakistan Airports Authority said, a month after the two countries agreed to a ceasefire following a military conflict.
Pakistan’s previous restrictions on Indian aircraft were set to expire on June 24.
Tensions flared following a deadly attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir in April, eventually triggering the worst military conflict in nearly three decades between the nuclear-armed rivals before a ceasefire was agreed on May 10.