Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has appointed former bureaucrat Dr Musharaf Rasool Cyan as Pakistan International Airlines’ new Chief Executive Officer.
According to Prime Minister House, PM approved the appointment of Cyan following a meeting between Adviser to the PM on aviation Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi.
Cyan, who holds a degree in medicine from King Edward Medical University, Pakistan, and a master’s degree from University College, London, has no prior aviation experience . Cyra had served in the civil services for fifteen years before resigning and moving abroad.
Cyra also holds American citizenship and has worked for 20 years in the areas of public services, fiscal decentralization, tax reform and development planning, and later moving his research into public health.
Cyra has selected from the pool of three names suggested for the position.