Times of Islamabad

Arrest warrants issued against PIA CEO and other top officers

Arrest warrants issued against PIA CEO and other top officers

*LAHORE: A civil court in Lahore has issued arrest warrants for four topofficers of the Pakistan International Airline (PIA) in a contempt of courtcase.*

The court issued bailable warrants for officers who didn’t turn up beforethe court carrying progress report of the court orders.

The arrest orders were issued by civil judge Muhammad Akram Azad.

The warrants were issued for CEO PIA Arshad Malik, Director FlightOperations Captain Aziz Khan, Chief Human Resource Officer Air Vice MarshalSubhan Wazir and Chief Pilot Captains Ali Zaman.

The officers are facing charges of not restoring Captain Mian Shehzad onhis post despite the court orders. The petitioner had challenged hissuspension in a civil court.

It may be noted here that the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Dec29, 2018 had dismissed four captains among 50 officials from service overholding fake degrees.