{"id":87418,"date":"2025-03-22T16:52:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T11:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=87418"},"modified":"2025-03-22T16:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T11:22:10","slug":"pakistani-air-hostess-got-punched-onboard-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/pakistani-air-hostess-got-punched-onboard-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani Air Hostess Got Punched by Ex-Commisoner&#8217;s Daughter Onboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD-<\/strong> Pakistani Air Hostess got punched by Saima Jogezai, daughter of Ex-Quetta Commissioner Iftikhar Ahmed, aboard <strong>Serene Air flight ER540<\/strong> on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. The attack left her with a bloodied nose and broken teeth after Jogezai allegedly punched her during a confrontation about seatbelt compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to airline officials, both Jogezai and her father appeared intoxicated when they boarded the <strong>Quetta (UET) to Islamabad (ISB) <\/strong>flight. The incident escalated when the cabin crew instructed Jogezai to fasten her seatbelt before takeoff, prompting her to verbally abuse staff members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wnqekxom-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wnqekxom-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wnqekxom-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wnqekxom-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wnqekxom-50x28.webp 50w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wnqekxom-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wnqekxom-450x253.webp 450w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wnqekxom-1200x675.webp 1200w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wnqekxom.webp 1493w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Serene Air<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-air-hostess-got-punched-in-pakistan\">Air Hostess Got Punched in Pakistan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>pilot aborted takeoff<\/strong> after the disturbance and requested security personnel to remove the disruptive passengers. When Jogezai refused to deplane, the situation deteriorated into physical violence against the flight attendant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Airport Security Force (ASF) personnel subsequently detained both Jogezai and her father. However, airline management reported that the <strong>Balochistan administration exerted pressure to resolve the situation without formal charges<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current Quetta Commissioner arrived at the airport, gathered information from ASF officials, and directed them to settle the matter internally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 OUTRAGEOUS! <br><br>A flight attendant was beaten by VIP she lost a tooth, just because she asked Saima Jogezai to fasten her seatbelt!<br><br>\u2018VIP \u2019 PUNCHED her while her father, ex-Commissioner Iftikhar Ahmed Jogezai, watched<br><br>NO FIR, Criminals walk free!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lahore?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lahore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AF%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u062e\u0648\u0627\u0631\u062c_\u062f\u0634\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0646_\u0627\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HcPZlU9DOv\">pic.twitter.com\/HcPZlU9DOv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Your Views Your News (@urviewsurnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/urviewsurnews\/status\/1902644642669277250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following these interventions, the former commissioner and his daughter provided a written apology and were released without facing legal consequences. Meanwhile, the injured <strong>flight attendant required hospital treatment <\/strong>for her injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4kzidryb-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777\" class=\"wp-image-77647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4kzidryb-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4kzidryb-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4kzidryb-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4kzidryb-50x28.webp 50w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4kzidryb-1600x900.webp 1600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4kzidryb-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4kzidryb-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4kzidryb-450x253.webp 450w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4kzidryb-1200x675.webp 1200w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/4kzidryb.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Aero Icarus | Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pakistan-airlines-history-of-unruly-passengers\">Pakistan Airlines History of Unruly Passengers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This incident adds to a troubling pattern of unruly passenger behaviour on Pakistani carriers. <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/tag\/pakistan-international-airlines\/\">Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)<\/a> and private carriers have documented numerous cases of passenger misconduct in recent years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A particularly notable case occurred in 2019 when a Pakistani politician physically assaulted a flight attendant on a domestic PIA flight after being asked to extinguish a cigarette. Another incident in 2021 involved a passenger attempting to enter the cockpit of a <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/tag\/karachi\/\">Karachi (KHI)<\/a>-bound flight, claiming his &#8220;life was in danger.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, aviation authorities <strong>recorded 87 incidents of disruptive behaviour on Pakistani carriers<\/strong>, including verbal abuse, refusal to comply with safety instructions and physical confrontations with crew members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aviation experts attribute this pattern of behavior to insufficient enforcement of air safety regulations and the influence of politically connected individuals who often escape consequences for their actions. The <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?s=Pakistan\">Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority<\/a> implemented stricter penalties for unruly behavior in 2023, but enforcement remains inconsistent, particularly when influential passengers are involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP-BLD_PIA_A320_at_DAC_20-02-16-1024x608.webp\" alt=\"Pakistan Airlines Airbus A320\" class=\"wp-image-82354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP-BLD_PIA_A320_at_DAC_20-02-16-1024x608.webp 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP-BLD_PIA_A320_at_DAC_20-02-16-300x178.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP-BLD_PIA_A320_at_DAC_20-02-16-768x456.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP-BLD_PIA_A320_at_DAC_20-02-16-50x30.webp 50w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP-BLD_PIA_A320_at_DAC_20-02-16-150x89.webp 150w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP-BLD_PIA_A320_at_DAC_20-02-16-450x267.webp 450w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP-BLD_PIA_A320_at_DAC_20-02-16.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: By Shadman Samee from Dhaka, Bangladesh &#8211; AP-BLD:PIA A320 at DAC, CC BY-SA 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=90552601<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pak-airlines-concerns-on-unruly-passengers\">Pak Airlines Concerns on Unruly Passengers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Serene Air (ER), a private Pakistani airline established in 2017, has <strong>not publicly commented<\/strong> on the specific incident beyond confirming that it occurred and that the affected crew member received medical attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline&#8217;s protocols for managing disruptive passengers and protecting staff from assault are now under scrutiny from industry professionals and passenger rights advocates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An air hostess was left bleeding &amp; lost a tooth\u2014her only \u2018fault\u2019 was asking the daughter of the ex-Commissioner of Quetta to fasten her seatbelt. The \u2018princess\u2019 punched her. No FIR, no complaint, and both father &amp; daughter, who were on the flight, walk free.<br>This is our system. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IZNvaRgpym\">pic.twitter.com\/IZNvaRgpym<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ihtisham Ul Haq (@iihtishamm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iihtishamm\/status\/1902318301092380979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident has sparked renewed <strong>concerns about flight attendant safety<\/strong> and the <strong>handling of disruptive passengers<\/strong>. Aviation unions in Pakistan have demanded stronger protections for crew members and consistent enforcement of safety regulations regardless of passengers&#8217; social or political connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visual evidence of the assault surfaced a day after the incident, intensifying public outrage over both the attack itself and the apparent preferential treatment given to the perpetrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned with us. Further, follow us on social media for the latest updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/aviationa2z\" rel=\"nofollow\">Telegram Group\u00a0<\/a>for the Latest Aviation Updates. 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