Capt. Shahnawaz Dara  (Copyright © Muhammad Ali)

Group photo taken aboard refurbished Boeing 747-367 (registration AP-BGG) operating Karachi-London-Karachi flight PK-787/788. Seen in this photo from left to right are: PIA Chief Line Maintenance Mr. Sarwar, PIA Senior Vice President Flight Safety & HSE and ex-Boeing 747 commander Capt. Shahnawaz Dara, Engineer Shahid Masood, Engineer Wajid Sajid and PIA's London base engineers. The photo was taken at London-Heathrow Airport on November 22, 2006 on resumption of PIA Boeing 747 flights for United Kingdom. Earlier European Authorities (EU) had imposed restrictions on PIA Boeing 747 operations for Europe. AP-BGG underwent heavy maintenance and refurbishment work at Karachi Airport before resuming service for London on November 22. The PIA team seen in this photo had a long meeting with EU aviation authority in London and finally got approval to fly back the 747-300 as flight PK-788

Capt. Nasir Aziz  (Copyright © Umer Shaikh)

Capt. Nasir Aziz (right) and Capt. Sohail Tayyab on the flight deck of PIA Boeing 737-300

Capt. Naveed Khan  (Copyright © Umer Shaikh)

PIA Fokker F27 flying under the command of Capt. Naveed Khan

Capt. Yousuf Ayub Mamsa  (Copyright © Umer Shaikh)

Capt. Mamsa on the flight deck of a PIA Boeing 737-300. Click here to see a recent photo showing Capt. Mamsa as Airbus A310-300 captain. Sadly Capt. Mamsa, known for being polite and gentle person, died in his room on June 9, 2009, at Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar which was struck by a deadly terrorist bomb attack that day