Pakistan International Airlines (Urdu: پاکستان انٹرنیشنل ایئر لائنز; generally known as PIA; or Pakistan International), is the national flag carrier and a state-owned enterprise of Government of Pakistan. Once regarded as Asia's best airline, it is headquartered at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi and operates scheduled services to 24 domestic destinations and 38 international destinations in 27 countries across Asia, Europe and North America. Its main bases are at Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad/Rawalpindi.
The airline's secondary bases include Peshawar, Faisalabad, Quetta, Sialkot and Multan, from which it connects the metropolitan cities with the main bases, the Middle East, Europe, and the Far East. It is primarily owned by the Government of Pakistan and is regulated by the Ministry Of Defence as an autonomous body. It employed 18,043 people as of May 2008.
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