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A year on, PIA plane crash victims yet to receive insurance payment
Families of victims share that despite a year, the national flag carrier has not paid Rs10m to the grieving loved ones
A man stands on the debris of a house at the site of a passenger plane crash in a residential area near an airport in Karachi. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
KARACHI:
It has been a year since Dr Muhammad Mohsin was forced to experience, what he described, as nothing short of doomsday. His brother and he were at the Jinnah International Airport arrivals lounge to receive their mother who was onboard Pakistan International Airlines’ Flight PK-8303 landing from Lahore.
Shahbaz files contempt plea as he added to ECL
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May 18, 2021
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif had been placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) after the approval of federal cabinet, Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told journalists on Monday.
The announcement came as the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif earlier in the day filed a contempt of court plea in the Lahore High Court (LHC) for not allowing him to travel abroad. Rashid told a news conference a sub-committee of the cabinet had recommended placing Sharif’s name on the ECL last week following a request by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The minister said the trial of the accused was in progress in corruption references and his exit from Pakistan would delay proceedings.
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Monday submitted a petition for contempt of court against six officials for refusing to let him go abroad despite the LHC order. AFP/File
Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Monday submitted in the Lahore High Court (LHC) a contempt petition against six officials for barring him from flying abroad despite the court’s order granting him permission to do so.
On May 8, Shehbaz was not allowed to fly to the United Kingdom via Doha from Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport. At the time, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) immigration officials had told him that he could not board the flight as his name was on the stop list Provisional National Identification List (PNIL).
Real estate tycoon Malik Riaz landed in Lahore from Dubai on Sunday along with four other people. AFP/File
Real estate tycoon Malik Riaz, his wife and another member of his team allegedly refused to undergo Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) for the coronavirus upon landing at Lahore airport in violation of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) instructions and SOPs, according to a senior official.
In a letter written to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) headquarters in Karachi dated May 17, 2021, Lahore airport chief operating officer and manager Akhtar Mirza said the Bahria Town CEO refused to give samples for the Covid-19 test even when a team of airport health staff went to his residence for the purpose.