Tag: Pia
Two suffer heart attack, several faint as PIA crew hold passengers...
Two people suffered heart attack while several others fainted due to heat and humidity as passengers of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-319 from...
Great money to fly with
The management of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Tuesday terminated the services of five crewmembers of June 7’s PK-788 flight from London to Karachi for violating rules and regulations, a day after their “examination” by United Kingdom (UK) authorities on charges of smuggling and money laundering.
Five PIA crew members detained in UK over smuggling, money laundering...
Sources said a large amount of currency and several insured mobile phones were recovered from the crew’s bags
PIA explains case on free Dubai trips for fashion show
This refers to a news report that appeared in Pakistan Today on April 24, 2015, stating that free round trip tickets to Dubai were...
134 expatriates return from Yemen, foreign nationals rescued
A special flight of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), PK 7006, carrying 134 expatriate Pakistanis from Yemen, arrived at Benizir Bhutto International Airport late on Sunday.
Govt tasks tainted official with vital privatisation deals
The level of transparency in the government's privatisation of the state-owned enterprises could be gauged by the fact that the Privatisation Commission (PC) has tasked its senior financial consultant, Asad Rasool, as transaction manager in the privatisation of Habib Bank Limited (HBL) and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) despite him being under investigation simultaneously by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) in an embezzlement case involving Rs 500 million.
Yemen war worsens, hundreds of Pakistanis still stranded
While around 500 Pakistanis have arrived home Sunday, hundreds of nationals are still stranded in the war-hit Yemen where the civil war between the government and Houthi rebels is worsening with days.
Cash-strapped PIA has money to hire ‘rescuers’
Being under severe financial crunch, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is hiring services of about 50 officers as a part of the strategy to take the airliner out of financial crisis, said Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmad while replying to a call attention notice moved by Dr Nafisa Shah and others in the National Assembly.
Waqar Younus’s brother has bogus degrees yet PIA won’t send him...
The educational certificates of Faisal Younus, brother of Pakistan cricket team’s head coach Waqar Younus, have been found to be bogus yet the man...
PIA aircraft grounded at Turbat airport
The number of grounded PIA aircraft has reached to five in the span of three weeks
No violation of merit in PIA appointments, NA body told
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Thursday said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has not made any out-of-merit appointments in Pakistan International...
PIA New Delhi office receives closure notice from Indian authorities
The notice sent to PIA said the properties in New Delhi were acquired in contravention of the Foreign Exchange Management Act and without prior permission from the Reserve Bank of India.
Indian ED issues summons to PIA for violating forex laws
The Indian Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) over alleged violation of forex laws in purchase of Indian properties...
NA passes resolution urging govt to improve PIA air service
Parliamentarians demand PIA recruitment on basis of merit instead of ‘political affiliations’
Parliamentary secy for petroleum and natural resources dispels rumours of gas load...
PIA fined over crew members travelling with expired passports
The air hostesses arrived in London from Islamabad on board PK-785 where they were held by the immigration authorities.
Govt fuels up PIA with letter to PSO instead of Rs...
*Fuel supply to PIA continues after a letter by Ministry of Aviation to PSO directing oil giant to show ‘flexibility’ in its fuel-suspension warning...
PSO to run PIA dry if it doesn’t pay Rs 2b...
At least 35 aeroplanes of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will be grounded if the national flag-carrier failed to pay at least Rs 2 billion to the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) by 5pm today (Tuesday).