CAA official wins praise for returning valuables to passenger at Peshawar airport

Swat resident forgot his luggage containing foreign currency, gold which he brought back for sister's wedding

PESHAWAR: In a show of honesty and professional responsibility, authorities at Bacha Khan Airport returned valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees to a passenger who forgot his luggage on Sunday.

Shehzad Hanif, a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) official deputed at the Peshawar airport, won praise for returning the luggage, containing gold jewellery and 3,600 UAE dirhams, to the passenger.

The Swat resident was carrying the valuables for his sister's wedding. He forgot to take his luggage at the waiting lounge for international passengers.

He was then traced and after confirming his identity, the items were given back to him.

CAA official Shehzad Hanif. PHOTO: EXPRESS



In a similar incident at the same airport on February 11, two porters returned the valuables of an arriving passenger who had lost them in the car parking area of the airport.

According to details, Muhammad Kamil lost his belongings including seven passports [of his friends also], seven credit cards, eight gold rings, a power bank, two licenses, 39 Ringgits [Malaysian currency] and a charger at the car parking area.

After sometime, when Kamil failed to find his belongings, he filed an application to the airport authorities upon which Kamil was questioned since two porters; Muhammad Tariq and Janis Khan had found the valuables and already handed them over to the airport authorities.