ISLAMABAD – Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) recentlyused a plane of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for a privatetour.

According to the sources, “DG CAA, Ghulam Hussain, took a group of friendsfor a special tour of Nanga Parbat on a PIA plane.”

Sources further added, “The tour took place as passengers waited for theplane’s arrival at Skardu airport for their scheduled flight.”

Moreover, it is reported that a senior director of PIA provided the planefor the tour.

They added, “Giglit-Baltistan senior minister and Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz (PML-N) member Muhammad Akbar Taban was among the guestson-board the plane for the special tour.”

As a result, passengers protested against the authorities’ behaviour andsplashed out at DG CAA when the plane finally landed at Skardu airportafter a delay of hours.

Furthermore, special arrangements were also made for the plane guests atSkardu airport.

Sources claimed, “A bathroom of the Skardu airport was assigned for guestsand passengers who spent thousands of rupees on purchasing PIA tickets werenot allowed to enter them.”

The Nanga Parbat tour which cost the PIA millions of rupees took placedespite mounting liabilities.