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8 unusual facts about Pakistan International Airlines


Abdul-Majid Bhurgri

In 1990 he was posted as General Manager (Commercial Purchases) in Pakistan International Airlines.

Farooq Feroze Khan

He was seconded to the Pakistan International Airlines as Chairman/MD before assuming command of the PAF in 1991.

Hamid Nawaz Khan

He also held Chair positions at Pakistan International Airlines, the Civil Aviation Authority and the Fauji Foundation.

Najeeb Haroon

Haroon had previously served as a full-time employee in Pakistan International Airlines as a sales assistant while studying at NED University of Engineering and Technology where he pursed a BS degree in civil engineering.

Pakistan Post

During this period, Sikorsky helicopter services of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) were utilised to deliver mail in East Pakistan.

PIA F.C.

Founded in 1958 and based in Karachi, the Pakistan International Airlines affiliated team are the most successful Pakistani football club, winning the national championship a record 9 times.

Shamsul Huda Chaudhury

He was also the Deputy Director of tourism department, founder Director of Pakistan International Airlines and the Chief of Public Relations of East Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation.

Upper Kirby

In addition a Pakistan International Airlines booking office is in Suite 805 at 3730 Kirby Drive.


1989 Pakistan International Airlines Fokker Friendship disappearance

On 25 August 1989 at 07:36, a domestic scheduled passenger flight of Pakistan International Airlines took off from Northern city of Gilgit, Pakistan on its way to the national capital Islamabad.

Ahmad Mukhtar

His brother Ahmad Saeed served as PIA Managing director (from April 2001) and PIA Chairman (from April 2003, both until April 2005) during the General Pervez Musharraf era.

Imraan Mohammad

During this season he represented the team in 5 first-class matches, the last of which came against Pakistan International Airlines.

PIA Flight 17

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 17 was a scheduled domestic flight from Dacca to Faridpur in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) operated by a Sikorsky S-61 twin-engined helicopter.

PIA Flight 688

The victims included Asmatullah Khan (Manager Legal Services) of Pakistan International Airlines, Justice Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti and Justice Nazir Ahmed Siddiqui, who served on the Lahore High Court.

PIA Flight 705

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 was a Boeing 720–040B that crashed while descending to land on Runway 34 at Cairo International Airport on May 20, 1965, killing 121 of the 127 passengers and crew onboard.


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