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In quite a wise decision, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has prevented three PIA (Pakistan International Airlines) aircraft including two Boeing 77s and one 737-300 from flying after finding faults in them. Public Relations Manager of the CAA, Pervez George, while speaking to the media observed, “Two of the planes were prevented from taking off […]
The latest incident of plane crash of Bhoja Airline that killed all 127 on-board passengers including nine crew members is the second occurrence in a period of less than two-year since an Airblue airbus dashed in the Margalla Hills on July 28, 2010, killing all 152 onboard people. Following the tragedy, the government sought a […]
A US-made Hercules C-130 military aircraft crashed on August 17, 1988 near Bahawalpur, killing military ruler General Mohammad Ziaul Haq and 30 others including Pakistani generals and the US ambassador. A PIA Fokker carrying 54 people disappeared on August 25, 1989 after leaving Gilgit in northern Pakistan. The wreckage is never found. A PIA Airbus […]
Bhoja Airlines’ plane crash in which 118 passengers and nine crew members lost their lives was the 36th incident of passenger planes crashes in Pakistan. At least 705 were dead in the previous 35 jet crashing incidents in the last 64 years. Air flight B-4 213 crashed about 4 nautical miles (roughly 8 kilometers) from […]
Hiring of retired PAF employees will not benefit PIA believes Zakir Farooq Monday, March 5, 2012: Pakistan International Airline (PIA) employees have raised concern over hiring of retired Air Force employees to top positions in the air line. The employees of PIA believe that by hiring ex PAF personals the government will cause the air […]
Govt will not sell PIA for peanuts: Minister for Defence Islamabad: (Monday, February 06, 2012) Minister for Defence, Ahmed Mukhtar said today that the government had no plans to sell Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for peanuts after injecting Rs. 15 billion into it for its overhauling. Speaking during the senate session and responding to the […]
Zardari can be forced to step down as President: Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, believes that mounting pressure can force President, Asif Ali Zardari, to resign from his post. Fazl fears a collision amongst the institutions, and has urged them to continue working under the constitutional orders. The situation of several institutions including […]
Shah Mehmood Qureshi blasts PPP for destroying the major institutions and has urged people to follow the change While addressing to the nation during Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf’s rally at the Mazaar-e-Quaid in Karachi, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, took a swipe at his former party for derailing the major institutions of the country. Qureshi said that the present […]
National flag carrier of the country, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), keeps bleeding heavy losses for the current fiscal year. The accumulative losses for the company have reached a staggering Rs. 100 billion as the airlines keeps sinking towards a point of no return. In a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence, held […]
National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence asks the government to review regularisation of PIA employees The National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence has termed the regularisation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees, working on daily wages, an additional burden on the corporation, saying the government should review the matter. A meeting of the NA body […]
Increasing Receivables will lead to fuel shortage: PSO warns The Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has informed that the amount of receivables have reached to Rs179 billion, which is due to the non-payment of the power sector and specifically PIA. The increasing amount of receivables will ultimately affect the supply chain, which will lead to the […]
Liquidity constraints for PSO; threats to cut down fuel supply Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has threatened to all of its defaulting customers to immediately repay the outstanding dues otherwise any further supply of fuel will be cut down until the payment. The petroleum supplier issued a strict statement on Friday to stop fuel supply to […]
