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title: "Rain and thunderstorm divert flights to Islamabad from Paris and Jeddah"
description: "Most outlets reported that heavy rain and thunderstorms disrupted flight operations at Islamabad International Airport, leading to diversions of flights from Paris and Jeddah. Arab News Pakistan and Daily Times provided nearly identical headlines, with Daily Times adding a brief excerpt that described the disruption and mentioned flights being diverted to alternative airports. Both focused on the weather as the primary cause and impact on flight operations."
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# Rain and thunderstorm divert flights to Islamabad from Paris and Jeddah

pakistan · updated 29 Sep 2026, 3:24 AM PKT · 28–29 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that heavy rain and thunderstorms disrupted flight operations at Islamabad International Airport, leading to diversions of flights from Paris and Jeddah. Arab News Pakistan and Daily Times provided nearly identical headlines, with Daily Times adding a brief excerpt that described the disruption and mentioned flights being diverted to alternative airports. Both focused on the weather as the primary cause and impact on flight operations.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Daily Times** — [Rain, thunderstorm divert flights en route to Islamabad from Paris, Jeddah](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1559720/rain-thunderstorm-divert-flights-en-route-to-islamabad-from-paris-jeddah/) · 29 Sep 2026, 3:24 AM PKT
  > Heavy rain and thunderstorm on Monday disrupted flight operations at Islamabad International Airport, authorities said, with flights coming from Paris and Jeddah diverted to alternative airports. The storm hit Islamabad and the twin city of Rawalpindi early Monday morning. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) recorded 33 millimeters (mm) of rain in Saidpur village, 25mm in […]
- **Arab News Pakistan** — [Rain, thunderstorm divert flights en route to Islamabad from Paris, Jeddah](https://www.arabnews.pk/pakistan/rain-thunderstorm-divert-flights-en-route-to-islamabad-from-paris-jeddah-3002568) · 28 Sep 2026, 2:30 PM PKT · 89% identical wording to the newest filing

## Part of a bigger story

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2 articles from 2 outlets, 28–29 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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