Representatives and officials of Air League occupied an office of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), located on Allama Iqbal International Airport on Friday.
Sources said that the President of Air League Mehmood Bukhari, General Secretary Mukhtar Bharwana and others barged into the office of PIA and scuffled with the staff on duty. They seized control of the office and pushed out airline officers Ejaz Qadeer, Asghar Nawaz and Aslam Chishti.
Those who were subjected to the mistreatment later filed a written complaint with the higher authorities. They also stressed immediate measures should be taken to regain control of the office.
The national carrier has been embroiled in major financial and operational crises, including allegations of widespread corruption.
It is suffering a daily loss of Rs70 million. Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar last month submitted a report to the Senate, stating that “PIA suffered Rs19 billion losses over the last 273 days.”
Published in The Express Tribune, February 18th, 2012.
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This government by senseless recruitments, by posting wrong people have destroyed the airline
@Khalid: And rowdiness prevails. Political appointments of unqualified persons is another factor.
this is not a news, it is called as space filling
Years ago PIA was renowned for its excellence but steadily it has been on a steep decline and now with this Govt in charge it is in free fall. This has come about due to serious negligence and an unseen level of corruption.
Allah swt Pakistan ki madad kare - Ameen!