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Mystery Behind Disappearance Of PIA Air Hostesses

1 March 2024

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Several Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) air hostesses have mysteriously disappeared after landing in Canada 

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The series of vanishing acts, spanning over a few years, has raised concerns and questions about PIA's management

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The latest case emerged earlier this week when a note expressing gratitude to PIA was found in a Toronto hotel room, Dawn reported

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The note was penned by a PIA air hostess named Maryam Raza, who failed to report for duty on the return flight to Karachi 

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An airline's spokesperson said that Ms Raza's disappearance marks the 2nd such instance this year, where a PIA stewardess disappeared upon arrival in Canada

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Last month, another PIA flight crew member Fazia Mukhtar went abruptly missing in a similar way

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Ms Mukhtar was rostered to fly back to Karachi a day after landing in Canada, but she didn't board the flight and disappeared

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This trend of Pakistani flight attendants disappearing after landing in Canada started in 2019

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Last year, at least seven PIA cabin crew members went missing in Canada while performing their flight duties

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Officials have attributed this trend to the accommodating nature of Canadian law, which allows for asylum applications after entry into the country

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