RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Senator Falak Naz was stopped from traveling abroad at the Islamabad International Airport on Sunday.

Falak Naz’s name had been placed on the stop list.

According to sources, PTI senator from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Falak Naz intended to travel by Emirates flight EK-615 via Dubai to the United Kingdom.

She arrived at the airport with her delegation to travel to the UK where she was scheduled to participate in a programme when the immigration authorities did not give her and her delegation clearance. When she was told that she could not travel due to her name being placed in the stop list, Senator Falak Naz tried to contact the Senate Secretariat and the relevant authorities, but failed to get a response.

Published in Dawn, January 15th, 2024

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