Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar  (AVM Farooq Umar Collection)

Mr & Mrs Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar in a group photo with PTV drama serial "Uraan" team members. The photo was taken at dinner hosted by Mr & Mrs Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar in honour of "Uraan" team members at Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi, on October 25, 1995

Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar  (AVM Farooq Umar Collection)

PTV drama serial "Uraan" cast members Faryal Gohar and Shakeel Ahmed seen with Managing Director PIA Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar at dinner hosted by Mr & Mrs Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar in honour of "Uraan" team members at Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi, on October 25, 1995. Episodes of drama serial "Uraan", mainly based on PIA, covered different aspects of air travel and events related to lives of passengers and airline professionals like cabin crew and pilots. Shooting of serial's episodes took place in various cities served by PIA including Paris, New York, London, Kathmandu and Nairobi. Faryal played role of PIA Senior Flight Purser while Shakeel acted as PIA aircraft Captain in this drama serial

First Officer Maliha Sami  (AVM Farooq Umar Collection)

PIA's first woman pilot First Officer Maliha Sami (right) seen in conversation with cast members Faryal Gohar (centre) and Savera Nadeem of PTV Drama serial "Uraan" which was based on PIA and air travel. Faryal played role of PIA Senior Flight Purser while Savera played role of PIA Air Hostess in the serial. This photo was taken at dinner hosted by Mr & Mrs Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar in honour of "Uraan" team members at Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi, on October 25, 1995

Flight Engineer Sohail Malik  (Copyright © Umar Anis)

Flight Engineer Sohail Malik in the cockpit of PIA Boeing 747-367 (AP-BFW) flying from London to Islamabad on August 18, 2000. Sohail was one of real-life PIA crew members who acted in Pakistan Television's 1995 drama serial "Uraan" based on PIA. In serial also he played the role of a PIA Flight Engineer