A US airline has honored a Pakistan-origin employee by inscribing his name on the airplane as a reward for his dedication and punctuality to duty during the last 35 years of service.
The selection of Muhammad Zaheen has been made from among 85,000 employees of the Airline and is considered an honor for the entire Pakistani community and dwellers of Peshawar city.
The Airline made two offers to Muhammad Zaheen, including a cash gift card of US $10,000 and a paid two weeks vacation trip around the world along with his wife as a reward for his record dedication to duty, but he avoided both the offers and made a request for the inscription of his name on the airplane.
When asked about the reason behind his decision, Zaheen stated, “My forename is `Muhammad’ and I wanted to see the name of our Prophet (PBUH) flying high in the skies and coming to the notice of people traveling in the plane,”
Muhammad Zaheen who is currently on a visit to his ancestral city Peshawar declared that he migrated to the USA in 1986 and is serving in United Airlines for the last 35 years.