ISLAMABAD, Sept. 18 -- On Friday, the New Zealand cricket team which cancelled its Pakistan tour one-sidedly over security concerns, has now reached the airport and will leave depart via a chartered flight at 6 pm today.

The team will reach their homeland via a chartered flight RJD-232. The chartered plane will first take them to UAE and then to New Zealand.

Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said in a statement that the 33-member New Zealand squad will leave Islamabad Airport through a charter flight at 6 pm today for Dubai. Earlier, the New Zealand team left Serena hotel at 12:55 pm today and reached the airport at 1:20 pm, he added. The interior minister said that they were being tested for COVID-19 at the airport.

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