Islamabad, Aug 19 (UNI) The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has sacked its chief operations officer as according to national carrier the officer he could not perform his duties according to work standards.
According to a report published in Dawn on Sunday, chief operations officer Zia Qadir Qureshi contract was terminated by the PIA on August 17.
Sources in PIA said that Mr Qureshi failed to achieve objectives for which he had been hired.
The sources said Mr Qureshi, said to be a blue-eyed boy of adviser to the former prime minister on aviation Mehtab Abbasi, was hired on a contract at Rs 1.5 million per month on June 5, 2017. Mr Qureshi was just three months short of reaching the age of superannuation (October 2017) at the time of his appointment.
The Auditor General’s office termed Mr Qureshi’s appointment an “undue favour”. It called for the immediate termination of his services and an action against those who had hired him.
The termination letter said, “continuation of your appointment beyond the age of superannuation in Oct 2017 was subject to bi-annual review of your performance”.
The sources said Mr Qureshi was absent in performance review meetings.
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