Qatar’s sovereign fund could invest in Qatar airways, other domestic projects: CEO

DOHA: Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), one of the world’s largest sovereign funds, may invest in local real estate development Katara and national...

Action sought into illegal sale of PIA’s A-310 aircraft

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Wednesday told Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to act against Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) senior officials...

Iran’s Mahan Air set to start Tehran-Lahore direct flights

TEHRAN: Iran’s Mahan Air is set to launch two weekly flights between Tehran and Lahore next month. The inaugural flight for Tehran will...

Roadworks delay New Islamabad International Airport inauguration

KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) failed to complete the construction of New International Islamabad Airport (NIIA) despite many deadlines and the...

Govt to bring latest technology to PIA: PM’s Advisor

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Aviation Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan has said that government is committed to furnishing Pakistan International Airlines...

Hi-tech aviation system, latest facilities for all important airports shortly

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority is moving fast to equip all important airports in the country with latest navigation and airport systems...

PIA fails to deposit Rs6 billion federal excise duty to FBR

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) miseries keep worsening as it has been learnt that it failed to deposit Rs6 billion as Federal...

PIA suspended Lahore to New York operations due to Rs1.5bn loss per annum

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan International Airline (PIA) Irfan Elahi informed National Assembly Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs that Lahore to New York PIA...

Turkish military manufacturers push for business with Pakistan

By USMAN A KHAN/ABDULLAH NIAZI LAHORE/ANKARA: Turkish producers of tactical military goods, Askeri Elektronik Sanayi, Military Electronic Industries (ASELSAN), and Turkish Aerospace Industries...

Govt trying to improve performance of PSM and PIA: Bosan

MULTAN: The incumbent government is trying its level best to improve Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Pakistan Steel Mills, said Federal Minister...

Pakistan to soon start producing commercial aircraft: Air Marshal

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will soon start producing commercial aircraft for the domestic and international markets, said a senior official. Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Air...

PIA proposes selling of Roosevelt hotel, other assets to settle Rs352 billion liabilities

ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) liabilities soar; the management has drafted a plan to settle them by selling some of its...

PCAA finalises to privatise three airports in Pakistan

KARACHI: A final decision to privatise Karachi, Lahore and new Islamabad Airports have been finalised at a meeting held in Islamabad on...

PIA meets US authorities to discuss New York flights

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) CEO Musharraf Rasool Cyan and Consul General of the Unites States (US) Grace W Shelton met at...

Another feather in Sialkot’s much-festooned cap

Amongst the town and cities of the undivided Punjab – quite like, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Lyallpur, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur – Sialkot, the north-eastern...