The latest news about the PIA privatisation process is that the airline will apparently be privatised without any liabilities or debts. This likely means that the debts or liabilities have been transferred to the taxpayer.
This whole situation could have been avoided if the government and/or the PIA itself had taken the necessary steps to make the organisation more efficient to begin with, such as trimming the excess workforce.
Engr Shahryar Khan Baseer
Islamabad
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