MULTAN, May 16th: A Karachi bound fligh PK-577 landed at Multan airport at 0615 PM in emergency on Sunday when one engine of ATR plane ceased functioning due to some technical fault developed near Rahimyarkhan.All the passengers remained safe.Passengers told that they were boarded on Karachi bound flight from Multan airport which took off at 0530 PM.After remaining in the air, its pilot suddenly announced that we are landing at Multan airport because some technical fault developed in the plane. An official of PIA told with the condition of anonymity that Pilot should not have taken off when he feld any technical fault in the plane. If he smelt the fault in the air after 45 minutes than he should have to land at the nearest airport and he should not have taken risk on coming back to Multan.Then all the passengers frieghtened and started reciting Kalima. However they landed safely. It was carrying 45 passengers. Nine of them have to catch the Saudi arab bound flight on Monday Morning.Passengers protested on ill-attitudeof PIA's subordinate staff because no PIA officer was available at the port. When contacted the PIA spokesman said that we are trying to send Umra pilgrims to Karachi from Bahawalpur while Karachi passengers would leave for their destination on Monday monrning.