ISLAMABAD – In a surprise, PIA distributed free tickets worth Rs 10 crorein previous tenure.
Over the last ten years, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) allegedlydistributed free plane tickets among various bureaucrats and politicians,causing huge losses to the national exchequer.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan took up the issue and directed the nationalflag carrier to conduct an audit which brought major irregularities intothe light.
According to the audit report, PIA, in the last ten years, issued planetickets worth Rs. 100 million to these people. Former PIA chairmen, pilots,politicians, businessmen, and bureaucrats were among those who tookadvantage of these plane tickets.
From July 2016 to September 2018, PIA incurred a total loss of Rs. 18.7million in the shape of free plane tickets. In 2016, plane tickets of worthRs. 2.4 million were given away to 122 personalities. Free plane ticketsworth Rs. 5.6 million were distributed among 356 passengers in 2017. In thefirst 8 months of 2018, 356 free plane tickets of worth Rs. 10.8 millionwere issued.
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Officials of Pakistan International Airlines have already submitted theaudit report in Supreme Court.
*Via: ARY News link*
