ISLAMABAD: The accountability court of Islamabad on Monday decided to indict former adviser on aviation Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi and others in connection with appointment of Musharraf Rasool Cyan as chief executive officer of the national flag carrier.

Besides Abbasi, the other accused in this case are ex-Civil Aviation secretary Mohammad Irfan Elahi, Chief HR Officer M. Raheel Ahmed, former PIA CEO Muhsarraf Rasool Cyan and Tariq Mehmood Pasha.

The last PML-N government had appointed the former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor Mehtab Abbasi as aviation advisor to then prime minister Nawaz Sharif in 2017 and after a few months of his appointment, Dr Musharraf Rasool Cyan wasappointed as PIA CEO.

After a year, the Supreme Court declared Dr Cyan’s appointment illegal after hearing a case filed by the PIA officers’ association challenging his appointment.

Published in Dawn, September 24th, 2019

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