Pakistan International Airlines will run eight special flights from today to airlift 10 million doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccines from China to Pakistan.

PIA Country Manager for China Qadir Bux Sangi told APP that a couple of flights of the national flag carrier will leave Beijing Airport today with anti Covid-19 vaccines procured from China.

He said that PIA has so far brought around 35 million doses of Sinopharm and CanSino vaccines to Pakistan from China.

The government intends to achieve the target of administering 70 million doses of vaccines to people under its massive vaccination campaign across the country.