Adil Najam No, these are not the pictures of the planes that will replace the old PIA Fokkers. These are pictures of the new luxury jets that the government of Sindh is buying for its ‘offiical’ use! It was just a week ago that a PIA Fokker aircraft crashed killing all 45 people on board. […]
Adil Najam Leading on from earlier ATP post and discussion on this crash, this just in from Reuters (7.14PM ISD, 12 July, 2006): Pakistan said on Wednesday it would not use Fokker planes for passenger flights after one of them crashed, killing all 45 people on board. The Fokker F-27 turboprop, operated by state-run Pakistan […]
By Bilal Zuberi Brick making is a valuable industry to Pakistan – indigeneous and providing employment in rural areas where agriculture may not be enough to sustain all the people. I met today with a German consultant today who has visited Pakistan several times to help local industry improve their brick-makng processes. My meeting encouraged […]
