Shaheen Air International’s Hajj operations have been suspended again after its engineers, pilots and other staff went on strike for not being paid. A flight was to leave for Medina to take 300 Hajj pilgrims back to Karachi in the morning but it could not leave the hanger owing to the strike. From September 20-25, at least 17 Shaheen Air International flights are schedules to fly for Saudi Arabia to pick the Hajj pilgrims. Over 3,000 pilgrims could be affected if Shaheen Air International’s Hajj operations are not resumed. Published in Daily Times, September 21st 2018.