Employees of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) went on a strike on Sunday against the murder of president of Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) PIA employee union Amir Shah.
Shah, who also worked as former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s security guard in 2007, was killed by in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar area of Karachi when unknown assailants opened fire on his car on Saturday evening.
In protest to the killing, PIA employees abandoned their counters at the Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad airports which resulted in delays of local and international flights including flights to Dubai, Manchester, London, Dammam and Abu Dhabi.
Meanwhile, PIA spokesperson said that special PIA officials have been called to the airports and the flights have been rescheduled to depart after 2pm.
He said that the passengers should contact PIA offices for the updated schedule before coming to the airports.
On the other hand, Peoples Unity Information Secretary Amir Dar said that the future course of action will be decided after Shah’s burial at 2pm on Sunday.
