Travel Agent Fired for ‘Bin Laden’ Booking
A jittery Pakistan International Airlines said it had fired a travel agency for booking a passenger using the name Osama bin Laden on a flight from Karachi to Islamabad for this morning.
A senior airline official said Karachi-based Princely Travel was delisted after the airline received the booking from its central reservation office.
“We don’t know who the passenger is. . . Is he the prime suspect of attacks on the U.S. or not? . . . But the decision has been taken to ensure the safety of the airline,” the official said.
Bin Laden, who has been living in Afghanistan, was asked Thursday by a religious council to leave the country.
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