{"id":27755,"date":"2025-04-21T03:38:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T03:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=27755"},"modified":"2025-04-21T06:09:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T06:09:23","slug":"pia-starts-direct-flights-from-lahore-to-baku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=27755","title":{"rendered":"PIA starts direct flights from Lahore to Baku"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250421-WA0006-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250421-WA0006-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250421-WA0006-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250421-WA0006-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250421-WA0006-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250421-WA0006.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lahore : The Pakistan International Airlines launched its direct flights from Lahore to Baku, Azerbaijan, as part of its ongoing efforts to expand international connectivity and boost tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the launching ceremony in Lahore, Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said positive results of Pakistan&#8217; diplomatic efforts to boost ties with various states are coming forth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said under Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif&#8217;s dynamic leadership, Pakistan&#8217; economy is heading forward on the path of progress, after coming out of difficult times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed delight over the launch of PIA&#8217;s direct flights from Lahore to Baku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the initiation of direct flights between Lahore and Baku will help promote the tourism sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister further PIA will soon start direct flights with other friendly countries as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Terming the development a significant diplomatic achievement for Pakistan, he said Azerbaijan is one of Pakistan&#8217;s closest friends in the region. He reiterated Pakistan&#8217;s commitment to fostering collaboration with Azerbaijan in tourism and other sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore : The Pakistan International Airlines launched its direct flights from Lahore to Baku, Azerbaijan, as part of its ongoing efforts to expand international connectivity and boost tourism. Addressing the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":27756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[2477,409],"class_list":["post-27755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-main-stories","tag-baku-azerbaijan","tag-pakistan-international-airlines-pia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27757,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27755\/revisions\/27757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}