Authorities confirm 97 killed in crash of Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane
23 May 2020 8:52 AM
Grappling with a debt-ridden economy, Pakistan has secured bailouts (including that from the IMF) to stay afloat.
22 Sep 2019 10:32 AM
Pak closed airspace following aerial engagement along LoC on February 27 in wake of the suicide attack by JeM that killed 40 Indian troops.
03 Jul 2019 2:38 PM
After the incident, about 40 passengers were offloaded along with their luggage as per standard operating procedure.
09 Jun 2019 9:06 PM
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) temporarily restored Pakistani airspace for commercial aviation, allowing some flights to depart.
01 Mar 2019 11:25 AM
Pakistan International Airlines Chairman has ordered an inquiry into the oversight, a company spokesman said.
01 Nov 2017 6:50 PM
British authorities shared no details of the investigation being conducted by the UK’s National Crime Agency.
18 May 2017 3:38 PM
The incident happened on Monday when PK785 from Islamabad arrived at the London airport.
17 May 2017 12:56 AM
Tthe PIA communication did not specify the reason for suspension of its flight service, a company official said.
05 May 2017 2:37 PM
A group of five men of Pakistani origin were travelling together on flight PK-791 from Islamabad to Birmingham.
13 Apr 2017 9:16 AM
The Boeing 777 aircraft has a seating capacity of 409 including seats for staff, while it carried 416 passengers from Karachi to Madina.
26 Feb 2017 4:50 PM
The incident comes after a PIA aircraft plummeted into a mountain on December 7, killing all 47 people on-board.
19 Dec 2016 5:14 PM
The plane had descended in an unsymmetrical manner after which it lost altitude in the few moments before it crashed.
09 Dec 2016 3:16 PM
Prominent singer-turned cleric Junaid Jamshed among those killed in accident.
08 Dec 2016 6:16 AM
The ATR plane PK-661 with 47 people crashed near Havelian while en route to Islamabad from Chitral in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
07 Dec 2016 6:01 PM