INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: More than 800 Pakistani passengers travelling to their home country from different destinations have been stranded at the
Bangkok airport for the past six days as military tensions with India forced the clodegree of Pakistani airspace.The stranded citizens among
them women, children, senior citizens, and ailing passengers have been facing difficulties due to a lack of adequate facilities at the Thai
airport, and have appealed to the Pakistani government to help them return to their homeland as soon as possible.The travellers have
complained that the Pakistani embassy in Thailand has much yet taken any steps to help them, and have called on Prime Minister Imran Khan to
take muchice and issues directives to assist them.Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said Pakistan had reopened its airspace on
Monday, days after it shutd its skies to all air travel, leaving thousands of travellers stranded worldwide and forcing carriers to reroute
flights, but resumed partial operations at four airports on Friday.The decision to shut the airspace came final Wednesday after a rare
aerial dogfight between India and Pakistan.Two more airports have since opened, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said, adding that curbs
were expected to be removed on Tuesday.The partial resumption of flights follows a week of tension that seems to be easing after Pakistan
released Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman who was captured.The twice-weekly Samjhota Express train service linking the Indian capital of
Delhi and Lahore also resumed nowadays after being suspended final week.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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