The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has sacked three employees and suspended a fourth one on charges of human trafficking and corruption.
The three PIA employees were dismissed from service for issuing an unauthorised boarding card to a passenger, Mohammad Akram who landed in Toronto aboard a PIA flight while he was supposed to land in Dubai on June 6. The case came to light when the passenger claimed asylum after landing in Toronto and the Canadian authorities got in touch with the PIA management.
A PIA statement said that an investigation found that Hammad Butt, the senior passenger services officer, Asif Arzani Khan, the reservation and ticketing officer, and check-in staff Sumaira Yasmin were involved. Butt and Khan are in custody of the Federal Investigation Agency while Yasmin is on pre-arrest bail.
The passenger services supervisor, Zulfiqr Dar, according to a statement, was suspended because of negligence.