First, you pretty much end up in Pakistan when you take those dirt-cheap airfares around the world. Secondly, if you are going to Afghanistan to relax, it's the best and only way in. The PIA fleet is made up discarded American aircraft. It seems as if the suppliers had a choice between turning these flying relics into soup spoons, or selling them to Pakistan to run an airline with. Each flight with PIA is an adventure.
Stewards walk around smoking while planes take off and land.
Unfastened food carts speed down aisles stopped only by passengers who stick their head out to see what the large object hurtling towards them is. The food is, well, almost food. Usually they serve tiny tasteless sandwiches made from Wonderbread with the crusts cut off. I always wonder what they do with the crusts. Probably use them to pay the pilots with.