Photos of PIA People
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Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar
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Managing Director PIA Air Vice
Marshal Farooq
Umar meeting squash legend Jehangir Khan at airline's Head
Office in Karachi on April 13, 1993. PIA has played important role in promotion of
squash in Pakistan and sponsored series of world squash events
staged in the country. Jehangir, who was a PIA employee,
remained unbeaten in over 550 matches from 1981 to 1986. From
1982 to 1991 he won 10 British Open titles in a row. Jehangir, a
true gentle giant and a great ambassador for Pakistan, also
appeared in ads for PIA that were printed in leading magazines
and newspapers around the world during 1980s. In honour of
Jehangir's achievements in world squash, PIA Squash Complex in
Karachi was recently renamed as Jehangir Khan Squash Complex |
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Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar
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Jansher Khan, one of squash's
greatest players, receiving flower bouquet from Managing
Director PIA Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar at a welcoming
reception accorded to Jansher by PIA on November 18, 1993. Jansher, who was a PIA
employee, won World Open a record eight times and the British
Open six times |
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Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar
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Managing Director PIA Air Vice
Marshal Farooq Umar with two of squash's finest players Qamar
Zaman (left) and Hashim Khan at airline's Head Office in
Karachi. Qamar Zaman was leading squash player in 1970s and
1980s. His biggest achievement was winning the British Open in
1975. Hashim Khan, who won British Open for seven times between
1951 and 1958, is considered as one of the greatest squash
players of all time and was the first player from Pakistani dynasty
of squash players which ruled the international game for decades |
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Air Vice Marshal Farooq Umar
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Managing Director PIA Air Vice
Marshal Farooq Umar presenting promotion letter to PIA and
Pakistan cricket team's leading all-rounder Wasim Akram on July
20, 1994. Wasim,
who was a PIA employee and represented airline's team in
Pakistan's domestic cricket tournaments, is one of world
cricket's all-time great players. He played important role in
Pakistan team's cricket World Cup 1992 win and was declared
man-of-the-match in the final game played against England in
which Wasim displayed all-round performance to help Pakistan win
the world cup. The ever smiling Wasim also appeared in a number
of ads for PIA in print and electronic media |
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