PIA Privatization: Caretaker Government’s Urgent Decision

ISLAMABAD (Waqas Ahmed, News Agencies) Caretaker government’s refusal to release funds to PIA, the decision to start PIA’s privatization process on an emergency basis Prime Minister Anul Haq’s call to the National Privatization Commission on a war footing. Directed the privatization of the airline. According to the details, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of Caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar regarding the restructuring of PIA and the release of funds, in which Secretary Tree Aviation gave a briefing regarding the restructuring of the national airline and the financial crisis of PI. According to the sources, Secretary Aviation said that the restructuring of the national airline will require 8 to 10 months, while the services of a foreign consultant will be hired for the restructuring of the airline. Secretree Aviation said that there is an urgent need for funds to maintain the operations of the national airline during this period. According to the sources, in the meeting, Secretary Aviation and Privatization Commission officials opposed the release of funds to PIA and proposed the privatization of the national airline and said that instead of releasing funds, the process of privatization of PIA should be accelerated. According to sources, the Prime Minister supported the stand of the Privatization Commission and issued special instructions to Federal Privatization Minister Fawad Hasan Fawad. According to sources, the Prime Minister directed that the process of privatization of PIA should be completed on a war footing. It is imperative to privatize the national airline as soon as possible to provide international quality air travel to the customers. In a further statement, the Prime Minister said that Afghan refugees who do not have visa documents will be sent back immediately. He said that we know for sure that these weapons are being sold in the black market, BLA, TTP, and Daesh have these weapons. He said that non-state actors are using these weapons, these weapons were used in the attacks that took place in Panjgur and Nushki. The caretaker prime minister said that the Afghan refugees who do not have a visa or document will be sent back immediately, some people infiltrated our family tree and made identity cards here, and an exercise is going on to identify such people. Further, Caretaker Commerce Minister Gauhar Ijaz met the caretaker Prime Minister and gave him a detailed briefing on the measures to promote exports. The Prime Minister directed to complete the steps to access the global market of domestic products within a specified period. Later, Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Mehmet Pachaji met the Prime Minister in Islamabad. The Prime Minister expressed his gratitude for the congratulatory messages of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish leadership on assuming office. Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar said that President Erdogan is as popular in Pakistan as he is in his own country.