PIA flight leaves for South Africa with the national team

Lahore: For the first time in history, a PIA flight took the national team to South Africa.

According to the PIA spokesperson, for the first time in history, a direct flight has departed from Pakistan to South Africa.

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A PIA spokesman said it would be the first Pakistani-flagged aircraft to land on South African soil, with Pakistanis arriving in Lahore on March 27 on the same plane from Johannesburg.