Pakistan:Khursheed writes to PM about closure of PIA offices

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Opposition Leader in National Assembly, Khursheed Shah, on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif about the closure of four PIA offices in Sindh and Balochistan and sought his intervention in this anti-people act. “I would like to draw your attention to the closure of four PIA offices in four districts of Sindh, ie, Hyderabad, Jacobabad, Shikarpur and Nawabshah, and one in Pasni district of Balochistan,” Shah said in his letter, and termed it a matter of grave concern for the local community. It would result not only in loss of many jobs, but also a convenient transportation facility for local populace, he added.

Shah also said that the deserving officers had been completely ignored for promotions that not only raised questions on impartiality of the merit system, but also resulted in demoralisation of employees on the whole.

“I believe that decisions should be made in an unbiased and appropriate manner. Closing the offices and ignoring the deserving employees for promotions will not result in improvement in efficiency of the airline,” he said.

“If the government is seriously interested in the revival of PIA, Shah said, it should take such productive steps that could make it a profitable organisation and refrain from those that could deepen the sense of deprivation and exploitation.” Shah said, “The government’s responsibility is to facilitate the public rather than deprive them of the already available facilities,” and requested the prime minister to look into the matter and guide the authorities concerned to take rational and popular decisions.