PIA to bring back its plane from Malaysia soon: minister.

TAXILA -- Federal MinisAter for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said that the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and the Peregrine Aviation Charlie Limited leasing firm have agreed on an out-of-court settlement for the PIA plane seized at the Kuala Lumpur Airport on a Malaysian court's orders.

Talking to journalists in Wah on Sunday, the minister said that the next hearing of the case would be held in a London Court on Jan 22 and hopefully the issue would be resolved.

Malaysian authorities seized a PIA Boeing-777 at the Kuala Lumpur Airport on the orders of the Malaysian court after PIA failed to pay the leasing fee of about $14 million.

The minister hinted that after paying the default money, it was expected that the Boeing-777 would be flown back to Pakistan. He blamed the PML-N government for acquiring two planes in 2015 on an expensive lease that the national carrier failed to pay on time due to Covid-19 pandemic.

He said the Malaysian court issued an order without listening to...