FIA initiates probe against 730 PIA workers with fake degrees

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has launched an investigation against 730 employees of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for allegedly possessing fake degrees and being involved in corruption, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Monday. 

According to details, people with fake degrees were recruited and they worked for PIA for 10 years; later, PIA took the action against the employees and dismissed all of them.

PIA, however, did not recover the salaries paid to these dismissed persons. 

FIA sources quoted as saying that no action was taken against those who recruited the persons with fake degrees.

Hence, an inquiry will be formed to investigate that who benefited from recruitment on fake degrees. 

FIA detailed that approximately 6 billion were paid in salaries to only 113 employees with fake degrees, and that they were recruited over the course of the last fifteen years at various times.  

FIA will investigate that why degrees of employees were not verified at the time of recruitment in PIA. 

Reporter: Tayyab Saif