* As part of action against possessing fake degrees and disobedience, thePakistan International Airlines (PIA) management terminated 24 employeesduring the month of November local medialink reportedon Wednesday.*

As per details, the national carrier took action against 43 employees ondifferent charges which includes termination of services of 24 workers. ThePIA HR department also released the list of the employees who have facedaction after going through ‘transparent and unbiased’ inquiries.

The services of four employees were terminated for possessing fakeeducation degrees and eight for prolonging unauthorised absence from theirduties. Four more employees were sacked for their involvement in receivingbribes from customer and contractor and two for the disclosure of officialinformation.

For their alleged involvement in fraud, three employees were terminated,two for theft and destruction of the official record and one for smuggling.

Moreover, four employees were demoted over charges of ‘disobedience’ andrefusal to carry out lawful order issued by the management and salaries ofthree employees were reduced to the lower pay scale for ‘insubordination’.

The PIA management issued letters of displeasure and caution to eightemployees, whereas, eight workers were cleared in the inquiries againstthem.