With no action being taken by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) with regards to voting rights being given to overseas Pakistani’s, many have decided to fly in specifically to be a part of the elections. A daily English newspaper reported.
With most of these voters being Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf supporters, US and UK based members of the party are arranging for chartered flights to fly in voters into Pakistan.
PTI London president Shahbaz Khan stated that he has been in conversation with several travel agents and was arranging a chartered flight to Pakistan. He added that the average cost of a ticket from UK to Pakistan was from £500 to £700 and if he could not get enough people for a chartered flight, supporters would travel as a group. Similar activities have been reported in USA as well.
A tweet confirming the chartered flight:
“@osharif78: @UmarCheema1 i am in uk and have seen adverts of chartered flights from heathrow to lhr for £450 pp.” @javeednusrat