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Oslo, June 09,
2010 – An Oslo based travel agency registered a case in a
local court against Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in
the Norwegian capital.
The agency,
‘Travel International’ in its requisition in the court
claimed, it has been avoided by the PIA from issuance of the
passenger tickets of the airlines. The Travel International
is doing business in Norway for the PIA for more than ten
years. PIA has blocked the facilities of issuance of the air
tags by all the travel agencies except the Air International
holding General Sales Agency (GSA) of the Pakistani
Airlines.
The petitioner
claimed that snatching the ticket facility from the other
agencies took place to grant the maximum favour to the GSA.
The GSA was
allotted by the PIA's head office Karachi (Pakistan) in
November last year and at that time beside the Air
International (GSA), other recognised travel agencies
including Travel International, Crown Travel and Home Tours
were also allowed to print the tickets at their desks. More
that 30,000 Pakistanis are based Norway. These expatriates
are main source of earning of the airlines on the route.
Beside the Travel International, some others are also
preparing to launch a writ against PIA for blocking the
printing of ticket with out any prior notice. Crown Travel
Norway said, was engaged in negotiation with PIA, beside the
consultation with the legal experts for the possible
complaint in the context.
Some of the
business personalities in Norway had been interested to have
GSA of PIA for long time and Air International is said,
obtained the allegedly GSA by using its sources through two
federal ministers of Pakistan. Some of the reliable sources
said, the owner of the GSA, Mr.Tariq Mahmood was famous as
front man of the minister for information of Pakistan, Qamar
Zaman Kaira and the PIA was approached by the minister
through another minister holding the defence portfolio. In
case of any judgment by the Norwegian court in favour of the
writ filed by the travel agency can damage credibility of
the people involved and could expose further in the context
of GSA's case.
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