KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed the chairman of the Pakistan International Airlines and the Civil Aviation Authority to file comments by Nov 29 in a petition about various incidents of ATR plane crashes.

The two-judge bench headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar said that the counsel for the CAA again sought time to file a reply, adding that the matter had been pending since 2016 and as a last chance two weeks’ time was being granted.

The bench also issued a notice to the PIA chairman with the directions to ensure that the comments of the national flag carrier must be submitted and its representative must appear before the court at next hearing.

Putting off the matter till Nov 29, the court said that a copy of the order be transmitted to the PIA chairman and the CAA director general for strict compliance.

Published in Dawn, November 14th, 2019