There are only few Airlines Operating from Pakistan. These include Pakistan International Airline (PIA), Bhoja Air, Shaheen Air, Serene Air and Air Blue. Similarly there have been only 4-5 Airline accidents reported in 71 years history of Pakistan. The first aircraft of PIA was crashed in the Himalayas in 1989. After that the second incident was reported of Airblue Air Crash in 2010 in the Margalla Hills. In 2012 another plane of Bhoja Air crashed near Islamabad Airport. The last accident happened in 2016 when another PIA aircraft fell near Haripur on the way back from Chitral. Initially there was no law developed for compensation in such like incidents. However, since Pakistan was signatory to Montreal Convention, a prominent lawyer Mr. Salman Yousaf Khan (Golra) from Islamabad dragged Airblue in litigation after the Airblue Aircrash in 2010. The case resulted in compensation of an amount equal to 55,00,000 Rupees. Later in 2012 a law was enacted and compensation was settled as ...
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