Pakistan Government directs foreign airlines to suspend use of plastic cutlery

3 October, 2019

Pakistan's Aviation Division Senior Joint Secretary Amjad Sattar Khokhar reported Pakistan's Government directed 18 foreign airlines to suspend use of plastic cutlery items on services operating to destinations in Pakistan (PK Aviation/Financial Express, 01-Oct-2019). Mr Khokhar said the government also directed airlines to wrap cutlery in paper bags, rather than polythene bags.