PESHAWAR: Qatar Airlines will resume flight operations to and from Bacha Khan Airport in Peshawar from tomorrow (Thursday), a travel alert posted on its website said, whereas police claimed to have arrested a TTP commander involved in the attack on Peshawar airport.


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Qatar Airlines has officially announced to restart its operations from July 3, after remaining suspended for about a week in the wake of an attack on PIA 756 flight on June 25 which left a woman dead and other two crew members injured.


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Terminal Manager Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Peshawar Airport, Syed Latiful Haq, confirmed that Qatar Airlines has intimated to the authorities about starting its flight operations from July 3.

He added that although other international airlines had not intimated their status as yet, they were likely to resume shortly.

Six international airlines, including Etihad, Gulf, Saudi Airlines, Emirates Airlines, Qatar and Air Arabia, are operating from Peshawar airport, mostly carrying the working class of KP to Middle Eastern countries and other destinations.


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Apart from Air Arabia, all five international airlines had announced suspension of their operations from Peshawar following the July 25 incident.


Peshawar police claim arrest of TTP commander involved in airport attack


Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a commander of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan Shahid group for his alleged involvement in the [Peshawar airport attack.][4]

Suspected TTP commander, Ali Haider, was arrested in Sulemankhel area of Badhber in the outskirts of Peshawar and a huge quantity of arms was recovered from his possession.

He was also wanted in connection with attacks on law enforcement personnel.

The suspect was shifted to an undisclosed location for further questioning.

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