{"id":8617,"date":"2021-04-10T09:56:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T09:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=8617"},"modified":"2021-04-10T09:56:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T09:56:08","slug":"chaotic-scenes-unfold-at-islamabad-airport-as-hundreds-desperately-rush-to-reach-uk-before-4am-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/04\/10\/chaotic-scenes-unfold-at-islamabad-airport-as-hundreds-desperately-rush-to-reach-uk-before-4am-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaotic scenes unfold at Islamabad Airport as hundreds desperately rush to reach UK before 4am deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These were the chaotic scenes at Islamabad Airport as passengers rushed to race to the UK ahead of the 4am &#8216;red list&#8217; deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Travellers desperate to make it home before 4am yesterday, when hotel quarantine became mandatory for new arrivals from Pakistan, shared footage of the packed terminal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8621\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/0_Chaotic-scenes-unfold-at-Islamabad-Airport-as-hundreds-desperately-rush-to-reach-UK-before-4am-rapidnews-2.jpg\" alt=\"0_Chaotic-scenes-unfold-at-Islamabad-Airport-as-hundreds-desperately-rush-to-reach-UK-before-4am-rapidnews\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Airport staff were forced to urge people to form orderly queues and show proof of a negative Covid test with one would-be traveller calling it &#8220;the worst experience ever&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>One British family were denied seats on their plane despite arriving at check-in three hours early.<\/p>\n<p>Imran Khan from Aylesbury was at Lahore Airport for a British Airways flight with nine children, including three babies and one disabled lady in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mod-video\" data-mod=\"video\" data-placeholder=\"data-placeholder\" 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