After beating PIA employee, MNA’s son finds himself behind bars
Nauroz Baloch allegedly became impatient because his work was taking long.
File photo of MNA Sher Mohammad Baloch. PHOTO: EXPRESS
KARACHI:
The son of Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Sher Mohammad Baloch was arrested for allegedly beating the reservation officer of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.
The incident reportedly took place early on Tuesday, when Nauroz Mohammad Baloch, 24, visited the airport to get a PIA ticket. It was not immediately clear exactly what provoked Nauroz, but he ended up beating the national flagship carrier’s reservation supervisor, Allah Dino Jatoi.
The incident caused panic among PIA staff members, who closed down the reservation office in protest. The Airport police was called in and given Baloch’s custody. The reservation office was later opened for the general public after senior officials of the PIA and the airport administration ensured the airline’s staff members that they would investigate the incident.
SHO Abdul Ghaffar Korai told The Express Tribune that Airport police, acting on the victim’s complaint, had registered a case against the MNA’s son for beating and injuring a government officer, and interfering in the government’s work. Jinnah International Airport manager Nasir Sheikh said that the police were investigating the incident, but he had no idea about what direction that would take.
The reservation supervisor, Jatoi, claimed that Baloch initially misbehaved with him when he told him about a delay in the flight reservation process, and later started beating him. I fell unconscious and my colleagues shifted me to a hospital for treatment, he said. “A uniformed, on-duty officer was assaulted. I will never forgive this boy for what he did to me,” said Jatoi.
The father of the accused, MNA Sher Mohammad Baloch, told The Express Tribune that if the accusations were true, then his son must have been provoked by the PIA official. He said that he was going to Islamabad, but his flight had landed in Lahore for some unknown reason. I called up my son in Karachi, and told him to reserve a flight from Lahore to Islamabad for me. That is why he had gone to Jinnah airport. “My son is a patient [boy], but he can be rash when someone misbehaves with him.” The PPP leader said that the PIA officer was ignoring his son and delaying the process, which led to a heated exchange between them.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 6th, 2013.
The son of Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Sher Mohammad Baloch was arrested for allegedly beating the reservation officer of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.
The incident reportedly took place early on Tuesday, when Nauroz Mohammad Baloch, 24, visited the airport to get a PIA ticket. It was not immediately clear exactly what provoked Nauroz, but he ended up beating the national flagship carrier’s reservation supervisor, Allah Dino Jatoi.
The incident caused panic among PIA staff members, who closed down the reservation office in protest. The Airport police was called in and given Baloch’s custody. The reservation office was later opened for the general public after senior officials of the PIA and the airport administration ensured the airline’s staff members that they would investigate the incident.
SHO Abdul Ghaffar Korai told The Express Tribune that Airport police, acting on the victim’s complaint, had registered a case against the MNA’s son for beating and injuring a government officer, and interfering in the government’s work. Jinnah International Airport manager Nasir Sheikh said that the police were investigating the incident, but he had no idea about what direction that would take.
The reservation supervisor, Jatoi, claimed that Baloch initially misbehaved with him when he told him about a delay in the flight reservation process, and later started beating him. I fell unconscious and my colleagues shifted me to a hospital for treatment, he said. “A uniformed, on-duty officer was assaulted. I will never forgive this boy for what he did to me,” said Jatoi.
The father of the accused, MNA Sher Mohammad Baloch, told The Express Tribune that if the accusations were true, then his son must have been provoked by the PIA official. He said that he was going to Islamabad, but his flight had landed in Lahore for some unknown reason. I called up my son in Karachi, and told him to reserve a flight from Lahore to Islamabad for me. That is why he had gone to Jinnah airport. “My son is a patient [boy], but he can be rash when someone misbehaves with him.” The PPP leader said that the PIA officer was ignoring his son and delaying the process, which led to a heated exchange between them.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 6th, 2013.