Photo
Gallery of PIA's Finest Men and Women
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Flight Services Officer S.A.T.
Bukhari
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This rare photo from February
1964 shows Prime Minister of People's Republic of China Zhou
Enlai - a great international statesman & friend of Pakistan - flying
aboard a PIA Boeing 720-040B jetliner. Seen with Premier Enlai
as VIP cabin crew members are (from left) Flight Service
Officer S.A.T. Bukhari, Flight Purser Razi and Flight Steward
H.Q. Khanoo who retired as Customer Service Officer |
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Air Hostess
Arjumand Ahmad (Copyright
© Arjumand Ahmad) |
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Early 1960s
photo taken during a party given in honour of Pam American World
Airways executive Mr. Johnston (sitting in centre) at PIA Ground
Training School. At that time though an agreement signed between
Pan American and PIA, the catering and flight services personnel
of PIA were trained by Pan American instructors. Seen in this
photo are: Standing from left - Ehsan Abbasi, Kemal Rafi,
Zia-ur-Rab holding in his arms Pan American Air Hostess and PIA cabin crew
trainer Chausie Fountainer, Alam,
Haroon-ur-Rasheed, Mirza and Mehboob who later became General
Manager Flight Service in Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Standing
from left -
Salman, Akhtar Khan, Arjumand Ahmed, Johnston, Mani Alam, Naseem
Feroze and Khalida Akhtar Khan |
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Ahmad Saeed Siddiqi (Copyright
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Participants of
Basic Sales & Reservations Class Passed out in March 1967. Seen
in photo (Standing from left) Syed Nasrullah Hussain,
Retired as District Manager, (5th from left)
Arif Ahmad Khan Retired as General Manager Cargo, (6th from
left) Anwar Siddiqi, retired as Manager Cargo, (7th from
left - at back) Ahmad Saeed Siddiqi, retired as
Customer Service Officer, (8th from left)Mansoori,
(9th from left) Afsar Wahaj, retired as Ticket Office
Manager Karachi, (13th from left) Iqbal 14, (14th from
left) Shafiq-ul-Islam. (Sitting on chairs - from left)
Sabiha Saboohi, Iftikhar Ahmad Tanveeri Instructor, Sales/
Reservations, F.U. Jan retired as Director Corporate Affairs,
Kishwar. (Sitting in
front) Abrar, retired as Station Manager Chitral, (3rd
from left) Rizwan
H. Osmani, (4th from left) Najmi, (5th from left) Jaffer.
This
photograph was taken by Nayyer Mehfooz Khan who later
joined Police and retired after serving as Deputy Inspector
General Police and Director Administration Federal Investigation Agency |
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Abdul Hayee (Copyright
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Early 1960s
group photo showing pioneers of PIA Flight Service Department.
Seen in the photo are (from left) Flight Purser Talha, M.
M. Alam (retired as Manager Flight Service), Adil A. Khan
(retired as Manager Flight Service), Abdul Hayee (retired as
General Manager Flight Service), Wing Commander (Rt) C. S. Khan,
a Flight Purser from East Pakistan, Flight Service Officer Saeed
A. Khan and Flight Service Officer Mehboob who later became
General Manager Flight Service in Biman Bangladesh Airlines |
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Flight Purser Adil A. Khan
(Copyright © Ahmad Saeed Siddiqi) |
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Early 1960s photo of Flight
Purser Adil A. Khan and Air Hostess Najma on a PIA Boeing
jetliner. On PIA's behalf, Adil A. Khan played important
role in establishing flight services department of Alia - Royal
Jordanian Airlines then newly formed in 1960s. Adil retired from
PIA as Manager Flight Service and later joined Saudia
Catering |
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