KARACHI, May 8: The new management of Pakistan International Airlines has dismissed 15 senior executives who were hired on contracts with hefty salary packages during the tenure of former chairman Tariq Kirmani.

The executives, three directors and 12 general managers are: quality assurance director Amir Zafar, flight safety director Jamil Malik, director without assignment Tariq Ejaz Qureshi and general managers Talat Omar, Najeeb Khan, Dr Tahir Beg Barlas, Mansoor Akram, Imran Aslam, Shahzad Amirullah, Uzma Bashir Ghous, Asim Ahmed, Imran Masood, Mrs Naim R. Tairani, Arshad Majid Bhatti and Humayun Javed Khan.

The management has abolished the posts of director and general manager for health safety environment and GM brand management.

Chief Engineer Q.A. Babar Kamal has been given the additional charge of quality assurance director, Yar Mohammad Gopang of GM human resources, Ghazala Rashid GM recruitment, Saeedur Rehman GM quality assurance, Mamoonur Rashid GM cargo, Hasan Jamil Alvi GM projects and works, Bhagwan Parwani chief internal auditor and M. Shehnaz Shaikh GM Saudi Arabia. Khwaja Mukhtar Ahmed and Tahir Niaz also have been given additional charges.

Sources said PIA was spending Rs4 million to Rs5 million per month on the salaries and perks of the dismissed executives.