Award-winning actor and singer-songwriter Fakhr-e-Alam, who is currently circumventing the globe as part of his Mission Parwaaz was inconvenienced Monday as he was briefly detained at an airport in Russia for not having a valid visa.
However, as per the latest updates by Alam, he has been issued a new visa and is ready to take-off again.
“Mission Parwaaz update 11am local time. I have just received a new visa. I am now preparing the airplane and ready to go to Petropavovask airport. Thank you to all of my friends, well wishers the Pakistan government and the Russian authorities. The flag continues its journey,” read his tweet.
#MissionParwaaz update 11am local time. I have just received a new visa. I am now preparing the airplane and ready to go to Petropavovask airport. Thank you to all of my friends, well wishers the Pakistan government and the Russian authorities. The flag continues its journey.
— Fakhr-e-Alam (@falamb3) October 30, 2018
Alam thanked the government of Pakistan and its people for assisting him. He thanked Assistant to the Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sayed Zulfiqar Bukhari, Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Ali Zaidi and Governor Sindh Imran Ismail in particular.
Thank you @pid_gov @sayedzbukhari @AliHZaidiPTI @ImranIsmailPTI and everyone else who worked throughout this ordeal to get #MissionParwaaz going. #Pakistanzindabad
— Fakhr-e-Alam (@falamb3) October 30, 2018
He also thanked all the people of Pakistan and the Pakistani media for their “prayers and support.”
To all the people of Pakistan and the Pakistani media thank you for all your prayers and support. I continue to fly my flag to complete the first ever Pakistani circumnavigation #MissionParwaaz
— Fakhr-e-Alam (@falamb3) October 30, 2018
On Monday, Alam’s good friend, actor Faysal Quraishi took to social media to share that Alam had been detained at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk airport because his “visa expired 2 hours and date changed.”
He continued that the Russian authorities were forcing Alam to turn back to Japan. However, he could’t go there as he had a single entry visa.
Bro please tweet on my behalf. I am being detained at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk airport because my visa expired 2 hours and date changed. They are forcing me to turn back to Japan. I cannot go to Japan because I had single entry visa. I appeal to Pak govt to request Russian govt to allow
— Faysal Quraishi (@faysalquraishi) October 29, 2018
Alam appealed to the government to facilitate him with the visa so that he may continue his mission.
me to continue my journey to Alaska. I don’t want to give up Mission Parwaaz. I need Pakistan’s support to carry on our flag to finish this.I have been in a room without food or water. No Wi-Fi. They didn’t give me my phone for 6 hours. I NEED HELP
— Faysal Quraishi (@faysalquraishi) October 29, 2018
Alam commenced his Mission Parwaaz, dedicated to the brave people of Pakistan, from Clearwater Florida on October 10 from where he flew to various countries across the world including Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Croatia, Japan, Australia, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The entire trip is expected to be completed in 28 days, given the weather conditions are favourable. Alam’s motivation for the project was to carry the Pakistani flag high and present the country in a positive light.
