KARACHI: Arjumand Azhar Hussain — the man who reportedly filmed the video of politicians allegedly responsible for the delay of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight on September 16 — was fired from his job at Gerry’s Group.
Speculation was rife on Tuesday that Hussain’s sacking was linked to the video clip he filmed that showed irate airline passengers barring Senator Rehman Malik and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) Member of National Assembly Dr Ramesh Kumar Wakwani from boarding the PIA aircraft after facing what they said was a delay of two and a half hours. Know more: Passengers offload Rehman Malik, PML-N MNA from flight over delay
Gerry’s Group, which was Hussain’s former employer took to their Facebook page to respond to rumours that the sacking was due to political influence, saying their decision was “purely based on merit”. Explore: PIA suspends staff over delay in take-off
Rehman Malik and Ramesh Kumar Wakwani were accused of holding the plane back while other passengers waited for hours.
Malik denied that the delay had to do with him, and said that take-off was delayed due to a technical fault. PIA confirmed that the delay was due to a technical fault, but later said that there was a “further unnecessary delay” that resulted in action against PIA staff. Two employees of PIA were subsequently suspended.
Re: Mna who filmed Mr.Malik’s PIA offloading sacked from job.
Those politicians were lucky that the people didn’t grab them by their necks and strangle them or beat them up badly.
They’re lucky they were still safe, everything was verbal in the end.
It’s ironic how these politicians only delay PIA flights, they don’t dare to pull this kind of crap on foreign airlines. They know the rest of the world will not put up with their pathetic lame excuses. They would be offloaded in a second if they try that on Emirates, etc. They know their place.
this is why most Pakistanis abroad nowadays fly with middle eastern carriers, much better service and no delays due to politicians.
PIA flights are half empty as people know it’s not worth their time.
Re: Mna who filmed Mr.Malik’s PIA offloading sacked from job.
it is unfortunate the members of the public get fired from their jobs over this. Whereas the politicians cannot get fired no matter what they do to the country
