PIA Chairman withdraws retirement ordersThe elite force was called in, which cordoned off the premises of the airline head office, the main gate of the office of the Chairman was also closed down. The police presence remained at the Headquarter till late at night
BY AMRAIZ KHAN
LAHORE - Whether it was because of some pressure or unknown intimidating call, the PIA chairman abruptly withdrew the orders of forced retirement of five directors within short span of time, the sources in PIA disclosed here on Friday.
The PIA chairman had earlier issued the orders of forced retirement of five directors including Director Corporate Planning Rasheed-ul-Hasan, Director Co-ordination Anwaar Rasool, Director Works Col. (r) Mudassar Asghar, Director I T Nadeem Ikram and Director Flight Services Umar Ghafoor. He later verbally withdrew these orders
The sources disclosed that the orders were scheduled to be served to three of the above said directors in the evening of August 10, when all of sudden PIA chairman had to reconsider his decision. According to the PIA sources it all happened after an unusual telephonic call that lead to revision of the whole episode and the subsequent restoration of the said officers.
Sources disclosed that PIA Chairman Syed Tariq Kirmani was presiding over the meeting of promotion board when all of sudden emergency was declared in the PIA Headquarter at Karachi. The elite force was called in, which cordoned off the premises of the airline head office, the main gate of the office of the Chairman was also closed down. The police presence remained at the Headquarter till late at night.
A PIA spokesperson said that no orders of the forced retirement were issued and the news item published in an Urdu newspaper was baseless as all directors were working in PIA.
Source: The Nation
