Dhaka, Jan. 16 -- A passenger plane of Pakistan International Airlines has been impounded by Malaysian authorities due to a British court case over the jet's lease. PIA announced the news on Twitter on January 15, adding it would pursue the matter through diplomatic channels.
The Boeing 777 aircraft was seized after a court order and alternative arrangements were being made for passengers due to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Pakistan.
The case involved a USD 14 million lease dispute, a PIA official said.
"A PIA aircraft has been held back by a local court in Malaysia taking a one-sided decision pertaining to a legal dispute between PIA and another party pending in a UK court," a PIA spokesman Abdullah H Khan said in a statement.
"We were tol...