The federal government has appointed former Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Chief of Air Staff Rao Qamar Suleman as the new Managing Director of the state-run Pakistan International Airline (PIA), while present PIA MD Nadeem Khan Yousafzai has been posted to his previous position as Civil Aviation Authority director general. The newly-appointed PIA Managing Director Rao Qamar Suleman retired recently from PAF after serving for 32 years.
He belongs to Lahore and got initial training from PAF Public School, Sargodha where he belonged to the 17th entry (851 – Sabre House). Thereafter, he joined Pakistan Air Force Academy, Risalpur in 1972 and was commissioned in PAF as a fighter pilot on June 1, 1975 in the 59th GDP Course. The former air chief marshal is a graduate of Flying Instructors’ School, Combat Commanders’ School, PAF Air War College and National Defence College, Islamabad from where he did his Masters in Strategic Studies.