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PM Imran reaches Jeddah enroute to Islamabad

Onboard Saudi Airlines flight number SV20, Prime Minister Imran Khan reached Jeddah on Sunday morning from where he will fly to Islamabad.

According to DawnNewsTV, the prime minister departed at around 2pm from New York for Jeddah. The flight was scheduled to land in Jeddah at 10:40am today. As per the website FlightAware, the flight landed 16 minutes earlier than scheduled.

After a brief layover in Jeddah, the premier will depart for Pakistan and is expected to reach Islamabad in the evening.

Ahead of the premier's arrival in Pakistan, prominent Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Khan Tareen asked people to give Prime Minister Imran a "hero's welcome" upon his arrival at Islamabad International Airport at 5pm.

In a post shared on Twitter, Tareen added: "PM IK fought Kashmir's case like a true hero. His unequivocal speech at the UNGA helped transform Pakistan's image globally."

On Friday night, a plane carrying Prime Minister Imran Khan and his entourage had returned to New York after developing a technical fault while heading to Pakistan.

The prime minister had taken off from New York's Kennedy International Airport on Friday evening in a special jet placed at his disposal by the Saudi government, but it flew back in a couple of hours to have the problem fixed.

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Pakistan's Ambassador to United Nations Maleeha Lodhi, who had earlier seen off PM Imran, had rushed back to the airport to be on hand.

The prime minister, who led the Pakistan delegation to the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, had waited at the airport for some time while technicians tried to fix the fault, but more work was needed and they decided to complete it by Saturday morning.

Meanwhile, Ambassador Lodhi had escorted the prime minister back to the Roosevelt Hotel where he had stayed during his hectic seven-day trip.

Officials had said at the time that if the plane is not fixed in the morning, the prime minister would take a commercial flight back to Pakistan where he is anxious to visit earthquake-hit areas and visit the affected families.

During his “Mission Kashmir” visit to New York, the prime minister addressed the 193-member UNGA, attended UN summit meetings, met a number of world leaders on the sidelines of the session, including United States President Donald Trump, addressed think-tanks and interacted with international media.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Naeemul Haque had also confirmed the technical fault and had announced at the time that the prime minister would be spending the night back at the hotel in New York.



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