UK team arrives to audit airport security

KARACHI:

A team from the United Kingdom's Department for Transport (DfT) has arrived in Pakistan to conduct safety audits of Lahore and Islamabad airports as part of an assessment of security arrangements for direct flights operating between Pakistan and the UK, sources said on Sunday.

According to the sources, the British team reached Pakistan on Sunday and is scheduled to begin the audit on Monday. The first phase will cover Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport, after which the team will inspect Islamabad International Airport.