KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari appreciated the workers of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) for pooling their efforts and defeating those who were conspiring to sell out the national carrier for their personal interests.
The PPP chairman said this while talking to a delegation of the Peoples Unity of PIA and its allied trade unions which jointly contested the CBA referendum and won an unprecedented victory over Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government’s ministers and union.
The delegation comprised of Hidayatullah Khan, Ashraf Khan, Nasir Janjua, Ali Lashari, Rafiq Amazai, Ashraf Billo, Obaindullah, Israr Mashwani, Mohammad Ahmed and others. PPP leaders Senator Raza Rabbani and PPP Karachi Division President Saeed Ghani were also present on the occasion.
The Peoples Unity of PIA delegation thanked the PPP chairman for his patronage and support.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari assured them that PPP would vehemently oppose the attempts to privatise PIA and urged the newly-elected CBA union to maintain their unity to save the institution.
He said that PPP believed in the workers who gave their blood and sweat for the national carrier and united every stake-holder except PML-N for the betterment of PIA. He termed the victory as the triumph of PIA workers.