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.
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.