Basrur Shankar Poojary who was jailed in Kuwait released
Udupi, Jan 15: Shankar Poojary (40) of Basrur in Kundapura who was jailed in Kuwait for the last seven months on charges of carrying banned medicine from his native place to Kuwait, it is reported.
Shankar Poojary was working at an Agriculture and Food Product Company in Kuwait and in May, he had come to his native place on ten days leave. While going back to Kuwait, he had taken a parcel from a person following his friend’s request.
When he landed in Kuwait, the custom police officers checked him and recovered the parcel in which banned tablets were found.
On this charge, the police put him behind the bars. Udupi district administration, Kannada Rakshana Vedike leader Ansar Ahmed and Human Rights Foundation have put pressure on the government to release Poojary.
“With the help and efforts of everyone, I have got the information that my husband is released from the Kuwait jail. Businessman Pushparaj from Kuwait has called me and informed it. Tomorrow, my husband will go to his company and it will be confirmed whether he will continue work there or not. His Visa will expire on February 4”, Jyothi Basrur, wife of Shankar Poojary told Varthabharati.
“Billava Sangha of Kuwait, and Tulu Kootas have strived hard. My husband has not yet called me. My husband may call me tomorrow. I am thankful for Pushparaj and various organizations which supported me in the fight”, Jyothi said.
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Pak cancels nearly 184 international flights to West Asia after Iran attack
Karachi (PTI): At least 184 international flights of different airlines from Pakistan to the West Asia have been cancelled since Saturday owing to the escalating situation after the US and Israel attacked Iran.
A spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Muscat, Sharjah, Riyadh, Jeddah from Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Sialkot, Peshawar, Faisalabad had all been cancelled.
“The flights were on the schedule of different airlines,” Hafeez Khan said.
International flights in the West Asia have all been badly disrupted or suspended after the closure of the Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports which serve as a major hub for connecting flights to Europe, USA, Canada, South America etc.
Airline authorities have suspended all air traffic in the region because of the increase in missile and drone attacks by Iran on the US bases in the region.
The spokesperson said at least 40 flights were cancelled from Islamabad and another 46 from Lahore.
The Pakistan airspace remains open for domestic flights, he said.
The attack on Iran by the US and Israel disrupted flights across the West Asia and beyond as countries around the region closed their airspace and key airports that connect Europe, Africa and the West to Asia were directly hit by strikes.
