LAHORE –Following terror threats, the Airport Security Force has declared airports weapon-free zone, said a spokesman on Monday.  The force also banned arms’ display in the airport limits. However, bodyguards of VIPs are exempted, the official said, adding that other guards would ...

LAHORE – The Civil Aviation Authority Director Airport Services Headquarters has directed the airport managers and relevant agencies to improve passenger handling with better services to overseas Pakistanis, especially the labour class working in Middle East and Gulf.  Following the apex ...

ISLAMABAD - Reviewing the audit objections against Ministry of Housing & Works, Water & Power and PIA, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Thursday took some strict decisions and sought details of various objections within 15 days. The PAC committee meeting chaired by Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, asked the ...

Snow blankets Europe more chaos as big freeze goes on heavy snowfall has caused disruption across northern Europe, closing airports and bringing traffic to a standstill. In Poland, eight homeless people died as temperatures fell below -20C (-4F).Airports were closed in the UK, France and ...

In a replay of last months travel chaos, Britains Heathrow and Gatwick airports as well as others in northern Britain, Scotland and Ireland have been closed until 0600 GMT Monday due to volcanic ash from Iceland, British officials said. Officials said the ash cloud had swung south, making the ...

In a bid to ensure aviation security in the U.S, full body scanners are being installed at Americas 10 busiest airports, even as the step has sparked a controversy over the issue of privacy. Full body scanning machines that work similar to X-rays, showing images of people underneath their clothing ...

Twenty Spanish airports in the northern part of the Iberian peninsula were closed Saturday due to the cloud of ash from the Icelandic volcano of Eyjafjalla, which covered part of Spanish air space. The decision, which follows the recommendation of the European Organization for the Safety of Air ...

WASHINGTON - American transportation officials said Wednesday they will add 150 full-body scanners to the 40 already operating in US airports. The move comes in response to a Nigerian mans Christmas Day attempt to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner with explosives sewn into his underwear, The ...

Citizens of 12 countries around the world, including Cuba, Iran and Syria, are automatically subjected to extra screening at US airports unless they have been specifically cleared, according to a leaked document from the Homeland Security department. The disclosure is part of an embarrassing array ...

NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India put its airports on high alert Thursday following warnings of possible attacks using hijacked aircraft, officials said, a week after gunmen went on a killing spree in Mumbai. The emergency measures were enacted as Defence Minister AK Antony ordered the armed forces to ...

India on Thursday put all of its major airports on high alert following warnings of possible attacks using hijacked airlines, officials said. The alert was sounded after Defence Minister A.K. Antony ordered the armed forces to be on guard against "any terror strikes from the air," officials said. ...

Government placed all airports on red alert Thursday after a telephone caller warned of a suicide bomb threat to Islamabad's international airport, officials said. Passengers were briefly evacuated from the capital's Benazir Bhutto airport while security officials searched the area, but all flights ...