Airblue, Pakistan's leading private airline gets a blow
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[image: An Airblue flight crashed last year on July 28 in Margalla hills, enroute to Islamabad from Karachi. Over 150 passengers on board had lost their lives.][image: Pakistani lawyers PHOTO: ONLINE/FILE]
KARACHI: Airblue airline gets a blow on Saturday as CJP Justice Saqib Nisar has ordered the Airline CEO to pay the compensation promised to the families of the victims of 2010 crash over Margalla hills, Islamabad.
The top court resumed the hearing of the case pertaining to pilot’s fake degrees. Those affected by the Airblue tragedy reached the top court’s Karachi registry. “We were affected by the 2010 crash but complete compensation has not been provided even to this day,” the affected persons told the court.
At this, Justice Nisar reprimanded officials of the concerned airline. “You are the CEO of the company, and you don’t know this is happening?” Justice Nisar said to Managing Director of Airblue airlines, Junaid Khan.
“147 people were martyred in the crash, every person should have been compensated with Rs2.5 million,” the affected citizen demanded. “Why has the amount not been paid,” the top judge questioned Khan. Justice Nisar then ordered the amount to be deposited in court. “Bring the list along with stamp papers,” the court ordered Khan.
The court also demanded the list of all those affected by the tragedy along with compensation amount details. Court orders a report to be presented in the Karachi registry on Sunday along with the dues payable.
CJ also summoned details of Bhoja Air tragedy.
