A petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) challenged the sale of a Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) Airbus A-310 to Germany for a shockingly low price, and moved the court
to arrest former PIA CEO Hildenbrand.
The petition holds Hildenbrand responsible for the sale, and c
laims that the former CEO took t
he plane with him on his way back to Germany.
The petition c
laims that t
he plane which should cost several hundred billion Rupees, was sold for as low as Rs
55 lakhs.
The petitioner is Ad
vocate Nabeel Javed Kahloon who claimed that the sale of t
he plane was a major loss to the airline and to the exchequer.