Tag: Pia

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI/LAHORE - Sticking to their guns on the demand of removal of PIA MD Ejaz Haroon, the enraged workers of the national carrier continued their protest on the third consecutive day on Thursday, virtually paralysing flight operations countrywide.
The government sent its trouble-shooter, Interior Minister Rehman Malik to convince the angry PIA workers after its two-member ministerial committee comprising Khursid Shah and Ahmad Mukhtar failed to woo the Joint Action

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan International Airline (PIA) has not signed any agreement with Turkish Airlines to sell any of its profitable air routes, Defence Secretary Lt Gen (r) Syed Athar Ali told the NA Standing Committee on Defence on Wednesday.
"PIA is not authorised to sign agreement with any country and the matter of selling routes only appeared in talks as record of discussion between the PIA and Turkish Airlines officials," Ali told the committee that met with Dr Azra Fazal

KARACHI - Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has agreed to continue to supply fuel to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) despite default running into over Rs 1.0 billion after receiving assurances that payments will be made on daily basis. It is noteworthy that the deadline given by PSO to PIA for payment of dues expired on Tuesday, a decision which was likely to cause PIA flights to ground to a complete halt across the country.
However, PIA secured a deal with PSO to maintain the

FAISALABAD - FCCI executive member and former chairman of its committee for PIA, Zafar Iqbal Sarwar, has urged the national carrier to give a serious consideration to the demands of the business community of the third largest city of Pakistan that stands second in terms of revenue generation for the national exchequer.
The business community of Faisalabad is fed up with the repeated assurances of the Paklistan International Ailines (PIA) authorities that they will restore the

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - The standoff between Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and the Pakistan Airline Pilots Association (PALPA) worsened on Tuesday, as other airline associations joined PALPA to launch simultaneous protest in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore to press for the reinstatement of sacked pilots and the removal of PIA's managing director and his team.
Those who joined PALPA's protests included the Society of Aircraft Engineers Pakistan (SEAP), PIA Cabin Crew

LAHORE - PIA and National Bank of Pakistan are leading the 58th National Hockey Championship on the 10th day, with nearly all the teams having played seven matches. The championship, which is being played at the Faisalabad Hockey Stadium, will have its final on February 13.
PIA, having 19 points, are leading the points table, followed by NBP with 15 points. Steel Mills and PTV are rock bottom with three and zero points, respectively. Today, four more matches will be played with

LAHORE - Navy, PIA, SSGC and NBP won their matches in the 58th National Hockey Championship being played at the Faisalabad Hockey Stadium, Faisalabad, on Sunday. SSGC had to fight for a 2-1 win against Army, while Navy, PIA and NBP had an easy-sailing against Steel Mill 2-0, PTV 6-4 and Port Qasim 3-1 respectively.
Former international hockey player Mustafa Salaar was the chief guest of the last match between WAPDA and HBL. Monday is the rest day in the championship and the event

LAHORE - All Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) domestic and international flights will operate according to schedule and there will not be any disruption, said a PIA spokesman on Sunday. He said that all rumours regarding any strike call are baseless and no agreement or MOU has been signed with the Turkish Airlines as being falsely projected by the PALPA president.
The spokesman said that the Proposed Code Share Joint Venture Commercial Agreement is subject to approval of the

ISLAMABAD - Opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan asked the treasury on Friday to take notice of a notification issued by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to stop the PIA unions' referendum on the pretext of security concerns. Speaking on a point of order during the national assembly session, he said if by-polls could be held in Shangla, why a referendum could be postponed in PIA.
Labour Minister Khurshid Shah said that Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government's policy

ISLAMABAD - Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar has declared to the National Assembly that there is no plan to sell off PIA's profitable routes to other country or airlines. Responding to a point of order raised by PML-N lawmaker Hanif Abbasi, he said no direct flights and profitable routes would be sold out to any other country and added that direct flights would continue for London and US.
"We intend to extend more facilities to the passengers and conduct further efforts to make the

KARACHI - Public and private companies, listed at the country's stock exchanges, have undertaken major managerial reshuffles, Pakistan Today has learnt. A change in board of directors and other managerial positions have occurred in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Fauji Fertiliser Bin Qasim Limited (FFBL), Jahangir Siddiqui and Company Limited (JS) and Al-Khair Gadoon Limited (AKGL).
PIA informed its shareholders, at the country's three bourses in Karachi, Islamabad and

LAHORE - The elections of PIA Senior Staff Association (PIA SSA) have been delayed for three months due to the lack of necessary security cover provided by the Sindh Government; for the elections that were due to be held from 28th January till 12th February, 2011.
Earlier, PIA administration had requested Government of Sindh to provide necessary security coverage for the elections. However, the Provincial Home Department informed PIA Administration that due to the prevailing

ISLAMABAD - Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar on Monday informed the Lower House of parliament that the state-run-airliner owed Rs 139,614 million on account of domestic and foreign loans as of November 30, 2010.
In a written statement, the minister said it was a common practice for airlines globally to acquire aircraft fleet on credit or lease (project financing). In line with this practice, the PIA had also financed its acquisition of Boeing 777 fleet, ATR fleet and Airbus A-310

LAHORE - Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has reshuffled and promoted senior officials from the top management. A national flag carrier handout states that Corporate Planning Director Shahnawaz Rehman has been given an additional charge of HR Administration and Coordination Director, upon the retirement of Haneef Pathan, who is proceeding on leave preparatory retirement (LPR). Shanawaz Rehman has been associated with PIA for over 30 years and held various key positions in the

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday grilled the management of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for messing up the affairs of the national carrier and directed the PIA managing director to set the organisation's house in order.
A source informed Pakistan Today that the prime minister also asked the PIA management to quash rumors about the airline's alleged agreement with a Turkish airline for sharing its routes.
The PIA MD informed Gilani that

ISLAMABAD - National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence Wednesday directed the Ministry of Defence to bar the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from selling any profitable routes to other airlines, calling it detrimental to the business of the national airlines.
The committee chairperson, Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, chaired the meeting. Taking notice of a news report that PIA had agreed to sell to Turkish Air Lines all the existing routes to Europe and America except London,

LAHORE - Habib Bank and PIA qualified for Division I Final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy after PIA beat Karachi Blues by an innings and 16 runs at Karachi's National Stadium on day three of the four-day match on Saturday.
Karachi Blues made 146 runs in their first innings while PIA responded with 262 runs and later bowled out Karachi for 100 runs in the second innings. Aizaz-Bin Ilyas was the star of the match, taking 14 wickets, seven each in either innings for 65 and 45 runs