A captain is under investigation for taking a nap during an international flight and handing the aircraft over to a trainee pilot.
Dawn reports Pakistan International Airlines captain Amir Akhtar Hashmi handed over the reins to the under-training first officer, Ali Hassan Yazdani, and took a 2.5 hour kip in the business class cabin.
According to sources, the airline was initially reluctant to take action against Mr Hashmi, a former president of the highly-influential Pakistan Air Lines Pilots Association, but later caved to "pressure from above".
Sources said more than 300 passengers were on board the Islamabad to London flight on April 26.