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Pakistan airlines cancels dozens of flights due to pilots' strike

Xinhua, October 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has canceled dozens of flights due to pilots' strike, affecting thousands of passengers, officials said Saturday.

The pilots union, the Pakistan Airline Pilots Association ( PALPA), began its strike on Friday, after the authorities canceled license of a pilot who refused to fly beyond the"stipulated flight duty time limitation."

The strike has forced cancellations of nearly 50 flights on both domestic and international routes, aviation officials said.

Talks between the PALPA and the PIA authorities in Karachi failed to end the deadlock, the PALPA President Captain Amir Hashmi told the media.

PIA spokesman Daniyal Gilani said the Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Aviation Captain Shujaat Azeem has invited PALPA for talks in Islamabad on Saturday. However, the PALPA president said the association has not received any invitation for the talks.

The strike has raised concern over the flight schedule of thousands of Pakistani pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.

Several morning flights were canceled on Saturday because of the deadlock in negotiations, officials said. Endi