On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:17:32 +0000, you wrote: >Read a news item saying that Pakistan was going to start >nonstop service to Houston, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Is >this nonstop from Pakistan? Or are they going to be >nonstop from a point outside of Pakistan? Any flights from LHE, ISB or KHI to ORD would be well over 7,000 miles even using the great circle path. So, an intermediate stop will be needed. PIA does, BTW, have funding in place for both the 777-200ER and A340-300.