PIA chief takes notice of alleged harassment of female staffer

ISLAMABAD: The chief executive officer of Pakistan International Airline (PIA), Arshad Malik, has taken notice of an alleged harassment of a female officer of the national carrier, ARY News reported Wednesday.

CEO Arshad Malik has forwarded the complaint to women protection committee of the airline and ordered the committee to complete the investigation at the earliest.

He has also sought thorough report of the incident.

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PIA spokesperson Mashood Tajwar said recommendations of the committee would be implemented after completion of its probe.

He said the current administration would address grievances of any female employee of the national carrier.

Yesterday, the administration of Pakistan International Airline had served a show-cause notice to an air hostess that had gone missing in Paris. The PIA spokesperson said the notice was served to the crew member after she disappeared from work without prior information to the high-ups.

He said further action would be taken after her reply to the show-cause notice. Last week, the PIA air hostess had gone missing in Paris. Well-informed sources said, flight attendant identified as Shazia went missing from her hotel in Paris, after arriving in Paris on a PIA flight no 734 from Lahore on Tuesday last week.

A case of her missing has been registered in Paris on the complaint of PIA’s Station manager.