Most have applauded the announcement of privatisation. One user sarcastically tweeted to give PIA to the army, 'they are looking to occupy everything that Pakistan has'.
The US Transportation Department earlier this month separately notified PIA it was halting all operations after Pakistan said that 262 of its pilots had fake certificates.
PIA has been wracked by years of financial losses and on 22 May suffered a fatal crash in which 98 people died after pilots tried to touchdown without lowering the landing gear.
Pakistan's Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan presented the interim investigation report on the PIA plane crash that killed 97 passengers on 22 May this year.
The aviation ministry said that both national & foreign airlines will be allowed to operate from all international airports of the country except Gwadar and Turbat in Balochistan.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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