Karachi, Nov 4: An unannounced strike by aircraft engineers since Monday night has severely disrupted flights of national carrier Pakistan International Airlines.

The strike has led to the cancellation of at least eight international flights and numerous domestic flights of the national airlines which has now sought help from other carriers to provide aircraft engineers to resume operations.

Hundreds of passengers were left stranded at the airports in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi since Monday night after engineers refused to issue safety clearances for scheduled flights.

Hafeez Khan, an official of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), said they and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) would be taking strong disciplinary action against the involved engineers for causing flight disr

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