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PIA's draws flak for dress code with 'undergarments' for cabin crew

A red-faced Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was forced to issue a clarification on Friday after the State-owned carrier received much flak for its bizarre dress code for its cabin crew,......

PIA's crashed plane last checked 2 months ago

The Pakistan International Airlines on Saturday said the crashed Airbus A-320 was checked two months ago and it flew from Muscat to Lahore a day before the accident. IMAGE: Rescue workers gather......

PIA staff sacrifice black goat before ATR plane take-off

Seeking "divine intervention", staff of Pakistan's national carrier PIA sacrificed a black goat at the airport tarmac in Islamabad before an ATR-42 aircraft took off nearly a week after the......

Two killed, 12 injured in PIA staff, police standoff in Karachi

At least two persons were shot dead and 12 others injured on Tuesday during clashes between security forces and staff of Pakistan International Airlines protesting at Karachi’s international......

48 killed as PIA plane crashes near Abbottabad

All 48 people on board a Pakistan International Airlines plane, including famous pop singer-turned-Islamic preacher Junaid Jamshed and three foreigners, were killed on Wednesday as the aircraft......

Karachi bourse declares PIA 'defaulter'

Pakistan International Airlines, heralded by the Pervez Musharraf government as a major success story, may hit a major air pocket with the Karachi Stock Exchange declaring it a 'defaulter,' a media......

Pia Singh buys over 1.31 crore DLF shares

Realty major DLF's promoter Pia Singh on Tuesday picked up more than 1 crore shares of the company for Rs 194 crore (Rs 1.94 billion) from another promoter entity. Pia Singh, daughter of DLF......

PIA suspends Mumbai-Karachi flight, no reasons given

Pakistan International Airlines, which operates a weekly flight between Mumbai and Karachi, will suspend its service from May 11. The national flag carrier of Pakistan operates the flight on......

DLF's Rajiv Singh tops list of wealthiest Indian real estate entrepreneurs

Realty major DLF's chairman Rajiv Singh remains the wealthiest Indian real estate entrepreneur with a wealth of Rs 59,030 crore, according to GROHE-HURUN India. With a wealth of Rs 42,270 crore,......

Pakistan International Airlines to be privatised

The workers of the airline have been also up in arms, protesting against the decision by the government. Image: PIA suffers billion of rupees of losses annually. Photograph: Reuters ......

'People Know Gandhi As Villain Or Hero'

'They are clueless about the man on the currency notes.''They have been fed with WhatsApp forwards, so either Gandhi is vilified or deified. There's nothing in between.' IMAGE: Pratik Gandhi and......

Review: Naah-daniyan!

Nadaaniyan's lack of charm, chemistry and cheek fails to create any ripples, sighs Sukanya Verma. Colleges are swanky theme parks for fashion and filmi romances in Karan Johar's universe. From......

Watch Khushi-Ibrahim Dance!

IMAGE: Ibrahim Ali Khan and Khushi Kapoor. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com She is a diva. He is an overachiever, nerdy boy. They start a make-believe relationship only to see......

Shyam Benegal, Movie Legend, Dies At 90

'If there is one thing Shyam Benegal expressed best: It was the Poetry of the ordinary face and ordinary lives.' Photograph: Rediff Archives Shyam Benegal, who heralded the Indian parallel cinema......

Paying Homage To Shyam Babu

Actors, directors and admirers mourned legendary filmmaker Shyam Benegal who passed into the ages on December 23 at the age of 90 at the Y B Chavan centre in south Mumbai on Saturday evening.......

India's Anush bags gold in German dressage meet

IMAGE: Anush Agarwalla recorded an impressive 69.891 per cent points to finish atop in the six-member field. Photograph: Anush Agarwalla/X India's Anush Agarwalla won the the dressage event of......

Norway Chess: Vaishali beats Humpy; Praggnanandhaa loses

IMAGE: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa lost to World Champion Ding Liren in the second round of the Norway Chess tournament. Photograph: FIDE/Norway Chess/Stev Bonhage India's R Vaishali came up......

Norway Chess: Praggnanandhaa loses to Caruana

IMAGE: India's R Praggnanandhaa is now in 3rd spot. Photograph: FIDE/X Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa went down fighting against Fabiano Caruana of United States while world number one Magnus......

Norway Chess: Praggnanandhaa loses to Alireza; Carlsen in lead

IMAGE: Rameshbabu Pragganandhaa lost to Firouzja Alireza of France in the Armageddon tiebreaker in the Norway Chess tournament. Photograph: FIDE/Norway Chess/Stev Bonhage The brother-sister Indian......

Vaishali extends lead in Norway Chess, Praggnanandhaa loses

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Norway Chess/X.com Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali continued her dream run to defeat veteran GM Pia Cramling of Sweden, while her brother R Praggnanandhaa went down......

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