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A Pakistan International Airline (PIA) steward was detained in Paris by French airport authorities for allegedly being in possession of four kilogrammes of heroin, DawnNewsTV reported on Saturday.
The suspect, according to reports, was carrying four packets of heroin weighing one kilogramme each, worth at least Rs40 million.
The flight was bound from Paris to Islamabad. According to a notice sent to PIA authorities, the plane's crew, as well as the three pilots, were made to undergo thorough checking and were detained at the airport for several hours.
So far, the PIA has received no official confirmation of the incident from the French authorities. However, the national carrier's spokesperson, Mashood Tajwar, said that the suspect had been suspended from service until further investigation. If the allegations are proven to be true, he will be terminated, Tajwar added.
The suspect was the vice president of PIA CBA and was appointed to the flight on the union's recommendation, reports say.
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Mar 10, 2018 05:45pm
Terminated? That is it?
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Mar 10, 2018 05:51pm
National airline is always in news for problem with the staffs in the plane.
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Mar 10, 2018 05:53pm
PIA staff is the reason for this great airlines decline and these people should be punished with maximum penalty for causing embarrassment
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Mar 10, 2018 05:53pm
Shame . Why cannot PIA have back ground check of each employee particularly going on foreign trips? Is it because only people hired are with some influence ?
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Mar 10, 2018 05:59pm
Third such incident in last 12 months.....demonstrates that the airport and ports are full of corrupt people and something needs to be done....the national new must cover and name and shame such people. Plus a lengthy prison sentence.
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Mar 10, 2018 06:03pm
What our FIA is doing ?
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Mar 10, 2018 06:08pm
Soon PIA will be Barred from Operating Europian Airspace’s
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Mar 10, 2018 06:08pm
Shame
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Mar 10, 2018 06:19pm
Great going....
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Mar 10, 2018 06:20pm
Pakistan doesn't need enemies.......
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Mar 10, 2018 06:23pm
What a big tragedy?
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Mar 10, 2018 06:24pm
Well the airline is not making money but the crew does.
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Mar 10, 2018 06:28pm
Termination is not the solution. Under narcotic smuggling laws there are penalties that include jail or death. Either PIA and GOP should implement the law or live to see the end of a dying dream.
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Mar 10, 2018 06:41pm
Would that suspension and termination be enough on this crime? He should be punished as jailed for life.
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Mar 10, 2018 06:43pm
What an airline, what a crew to fly with!!
What a disgrace to the country. Shut this organization full of incompetent and corrupt employees.
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Mar 10, 2018 06:50pm
Shame, shame.shame.
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Mar 10, 2018 06:56pm
Sad state of affairs in PIA :(
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Mar 10, 2018 07:21pm
PIA always bring embarrassment to the nation. The nation which pays for their salaries and they have never returned a dime back. Just utter shame.
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Mar 10, 2018 07:36pm
Now such is the situation of PIA. Privatise it ASAP.
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Mar 10, 2018 07:56pm
Disappointing and shameful act if proven guilty. When is PIA going to be privatized? Sooner the better. Besides, go deep in this investigation and we may have some popular names in the crime. Possibly
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Mar 10, 2018 08:14pm
Shameful ! Give him the due process and punish most severely so others can learn. And PIA, once a darling of an airline industry, has become an unreliable national carrier perhaps befitting the reputation of the nation on world stage. Bring it back to life!
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Mar 10, 2018 08:30pm
Will he be punished in Pakistan also?
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Mar 10, 2018 08:33pm
Well done French police. Fight against drugs to continue
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Mar 10, 2018 08:39pm
What a shame ! Who is running this disgraced Airline PIA?
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Mar 10, 2018 09:08pm
Shut down this embarrassment.
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Mar 10, 2018 09:13pm
PIA should be banned entering into air space of any country.
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Mar 10, 2018 09:17pm
Only terminated. How about 20 years in jail.
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Mar 10, 2018 09:19pm
I thought PIA was being sold to private buyer(s). Let's shut this thing down.
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Mar 10, 2018 09:29pm
Instead of terminating the Pakistani authorities should arrest the lords behind these sort of embarrassing situations
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Mar 10, 2018 09:56pm
This used to be pride of Pakistan.Accept ,soul searching is need of hour.
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Mar 10, 2018 10:50pm
And they say PIA is running into losses.
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Mar 10, 2018 11:54pm
They are working for the politicians and not them selves.
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Mar 11, 2018 12:25am
Just termination? What about the bad name to the country?
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Mar 11, 2018 01:18am
People like him give bad name to Pakistan. Strongest punishment should be given to him
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Mar 11, 2018 01:41am
Repeated incidences of ignominy indicate that problem is not with the crew and the airline but the bigwigs of the airline and the concerned ministry.
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Mar 11, 2018 01:53am
How did he pass ASF ? Anti Narcotics ? Customs ? FIA ? Those on the shift should all be interrogated and culprits to be found , if this is the character of the Union office bearer then imagine how would the whole union be like , no wonder all these nepotism enrolled people are now showing their true colors.
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Mar 11, 2018 04:20am
@Rehan it will not help
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Mar 11, 2018 04:57am
Nepotism
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Mar 11, 2018 05:40am
National airline is earning much needed foreign currency. This is not the job of an individual. This is a network with active support from authorities.
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Mar 11, 2018 06:31am
Glad to see nobody is blaming India here. As someone here said Pakistan does not need enemies they are already inside Pakistan. You yourself are putting it in danger by supporting unwanted people.
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Mar 11, 2018 06:43am
Should dealt with proper punishment as a example for others
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Mar 11, 2018 06:51am
Privatize it please.
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Mar 11, 2018 07:58am
PIA goes in loss but its employees go in profit.
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Mar 11, 2018 09:18am
@kks Agreed. The crux of the matter is that majority of these employees are political appointees, being related to influential politicians, and are protected species. The airline which four decades back was one of the respected airline, making huge contribution to the country's economy, has turned out to be a money gobbling machine by creating a 391 billions rupees liability so far and continues to be one of the major sore for cash scrapped Pakistan. Each plane has more than twice of average required, as per international standards, labor force attached to it, who are scavenging upon tax payers money by getting salaries and doing nothing in return. This is a very unsustainable situation to deal with. On the other hand, these perpetual smuggling of dope happenings, for all practical purposes is work of an organized gang who may have their members comprising of loaders, plane cleaners as well as others at the airport too. The Airline should make all out efforts to bust their activities.
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Mar 11, 2018 12:08pm
Termination is not the answer. He should be arrested and an investigation conducted to identify all those who are involved with him. All of them must be tried in còurt and jailed according to the law.
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Mar 11, 2018 02:11pm
Union will strike for him and will get him reinstated
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Mar 11, 2018 02:34pm
This is shameful news after the PIA hostess escort scandal in London
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Mar 11, 2018 03:11pm
PIA seems to be getting worse under PMLN tenureship
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Mar 11, 2018 09:14pm
Thanks to PIA, I am drowning in embarrassment. PIA alone is making Pakistan look not so great, AGAIN.
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Mar 12, 2018 05:59am
No suspension or termination from service.
I hope the French authorities throw this person in jail for 50 years for trafficking drugs. These people have brought a bad name to our country.
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