ISLAMABAD: Minister for Civil Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Wednesday said that an initial report of inquiry held into the recent Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash would be laid before the National Assembly (NA) on June 22. He recalled that 97 persons, including two members of the cockpit and six of cabin crew, died in the PIA aircraft crash on May 22, while two passengers luckily survived and were recovering fast. “Five families, which became homeless due to damage to their homes, have been lodged in the PIA’s hotel,” he added. Sarwar said when the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government came, the PIA was in a shambles and its deficit had risen to Rs 482 billion. Sarwar said the government was planning to start international flights from June 15 to bring back Pakistanis stuck abroad.

Source: Pakistan Today June 10, 2020 17:03 UTC