ISLAMABAD, March 8: Laptops of key Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) officials were stolen during their stay in Brussels for talks with the European Union on restrictions imposed on the airline’s fleet.
The mysterious theft has left the airline’s management wondering about the motives behind the incident.
PIA Chairman Tariq Kirmani, speaking at a media conference, accepted that his laptop and those of some of his management colleagues were stolen from the hotel where they were staying.
Mr Kirmani’s laptop was stolen from his room, while his colleagues lost their’s at the time of check-in.
The thieves also stole one of the files that the PIA chief had taken along with him to Brussels and even tore up his briefcase probably in search of certain documents. A report of the incident has been lodged with the Brussels police.
Probably someone might be interested in knowing about PIA’s business strategy, a guessing Kirmani said, adding that he was pretty sure that the thieves were well informed about him and his movements.
Interestingly, the incident has taken place in the same hotel where Mr Kirmani along with one of the country’s top leaders is believed to have given a briefing to a prospective buyer of the airline a few weeks earlier.
PIA management denies that privatization of the airline is on cards.
A senior official, however, said certain other investment issues were discussed at that meeting.
I wonder why would anyone at all steal Mr Kirmani's laptop plus those of his inept engineers. And how come it happen at Hilton.
But what's more startling is Mr Kirmani's disclosure that the thieves were targetting him.
No one would atleast be interested in hunting for Mr Kirmani's imaginative tactics for taking the airline to its lowest ebb.
Could it be the handiwork of a terrorist network????
Could it be the handiwork of a terrorist network????
Maybe they wanted to find out what tactics he used to bring-down PIA without becoming a suicide bomber…
I think he is making it up. He probably didn’t have anything to convince Brussels so he came up with this story. But it is too early to say anything that may harm his defence. So lets wait & see.
The orbital speed of the Earth around the Sun averages about 30 km/s or 18 mps (108,000 km/h or 67000 mph).
Which means we're travelling 97 times the speed of sound. And yet we can't feel the motion,SubhanAllah
The orbital speed of the Earth around the Sun averages about 30 km/s or 18 mps (108,000 km/h or 67000 mph).
Which means we're travelling 97 times the speed of sound. And yet we can't feel the motion,SubhanAllah
