Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar  (AVM Farooq Umar Collection)

Group photo taken at Ras Al Khaimah Airport to celebrate arrival of PIA's inaugural Karachi to Ras Al Khaimah flight via Kuwait on July 21, 1994. The flight made Ras Al Khaimah PIA's sixth destination in United Arab Emirates (UAE). Other cities in UAE served by PIA at that time were Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al-Ain and Fujairah

Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar  (AVM Farooq Umar Collection)

PIA's inaugural flight to Ras Al Khaimah was received by Pakistan's ambassador to United Arab Emirates (UAE) Abdul Razak Soomro and Director General Civil Aviation Ras Al Khaimah His Highness Shaikh Tariq Bin Kayed Al Qasimi on July 21, 1994. The PIA delegation was led by airline's Managing Director Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar

Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar  (AVM Farooq Umar Collection)

Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto inspecting PIA Precision Engineering Complex (PEC) stall at the science & technology for sustainable development in the south exhibition opened by her at the National Library of Pakistan, Islamabad, on October 4, 1994. She is accompanied by Managing Director PIA Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar and Director PEC Air Vice Marshal Sardar Khan. PEC makes certificated galley equipment for PIA, such as meal trolleys, as seen in this photo, which cost around US $15,000 in the open market

Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar  (AVM Farooq Umar Collection)

Visit of the President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari to PIA Precision Engineering Complex (PEC) at Karachi Airport on January 6, 1994. Managing Director PIA Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar and Director PEC Air Vice Marshal Sardar Khan also seen in the picture. PEC's function was first to manufacture and overhaul miscellaneous aircraft items for PIA, but it has grown into an enterprise which now performs manufacturing subcontracts for customers which include Boeing, General Electric, Airbus, Hispano Suiza, Saab and Snecma. The components produced are relatively basic, but, for example, they include undercarriage webs and wing components for Boeing and oil seals for Snecma - flight-critical items produced to the most demanding specifications