Daily Times 17-1-07
PIA chairman comes under fire in Senate
ISLAMABAD: Tariq Kirmani, chairman of the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC), came under fire in the Senate on Tuesday when PML Senator Waqar Ahmed Khan accused him of receiving three years salary in advance and the Senate referred the issue to its committee concerned for investigation.
“The PIA chairman has received his three-year salary in advance for no apparent reason and the matter should be referred to the committee for investigation,†said Sher Afgan Niazi, the federal minister for parliamentary affairs. Senator Khan said that it was “very strange†that the PIA was incurring losses of billions while its chairman has received his salary in advance. Niazi, earlier responding to his question on behalf of the defence minister, informed the house that PIA’s total financial losses had reached Rs 20 billion and its financial restructuring was under consideration.
He said that there was no immediate plan to purchase new planes for PIA. He said that one PIA plane had been decorated with stickers purchased from a French company at the cost of 29,500 euros, including application charges. The parliamentary affairs minister added that six senior employees of PIA had been rehired after their retirement, while there were 21 pending cases between the PIA and its crewmembers. Rs 1.2 million has been spent on these cases, he said. staff report
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Senate to discuss PIA irregularities on Thursday
By Irfan Ghauri and Muhammad Imran
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Tuesday decided to discuss irregularities in the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Thursday, after treasury and opposition members criticised PIA’s policy of terminating low-grade employees and recruiting senior employees at exorbitant salaries.
The opposition raised the issue of 300 low-grade PIA employees’ termination through an adjournment motion, in addition to providing a list of employees hired at extraordinary salaries.
Raza Rabbani, opposition leader in the Senate, said PIA’s low-grade employees – many of whom were cardiac and depression patients – had been suffering because of the administration’s “anti-labourer policyâ€ÂÂ. He said the administration had terminated 300 low-paid employees, including 43 permanent ones, from service, and working hours of others had been increased from 12 to 14 hours, in addition to a cut in their allowances.
Giving a list of recently hired officials, he said Haleem Khan, the PIA financial manager, had been recruited at a salary of Rs 850,000 a month; Uzma Bashir, who was allegedly terminated from National Bank on charges of irregularities, had been appointed human resource manager at Rs 300,000; Nadeem Akram had been appointed as information technology director at Rs 500,000; and Philip Moris, the chief of flight operations, had been hired at $10,000 a month.
He said that Ruksana Kausar’s services had been acquired for Rs 5,000 an hour as an HR consultant and flight operations consultant Ms Silva’s services for Rs 5,000 an hour, while Nadeem Sadiq had been hired on a three-month contract of Rs 600,000 and another person named Imran Maqsood had been appointed revenue general manager for Rs 450,000 a month.
Other opposition senators Enver Baig, Abdul Raheem Khan Mandokhel, Ruksana Zubairi, Safdar Abbasi and others backed the opposition leader over the issue.
Dr Sher Afgan Niazi, the parliamentary affairs minister, said although there were serious irregularities in PIA, technically the issue could not be discussed through an adjournment motion. He said nobody knew about the salary package for the PIA chairman, as a list provided by the administration in response to an official query by Senate was silent in this regard.
He said the PIA administration got stickers for their planes from a French company for 29,500 Euros. He said an elevator installed for the PIA chairman’s car had cost Rs 2.8 million.
The leader of the house, Wasim Sajjad, said the services of employees on contract had neither been terminated nor their contracts had been renewed. He suggested that the issue be discussed under Rule 194. the opposition accepted this and the house decided to take up the issue on Thursday.
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By Irfan Ghauri and Muhammad Imran
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Tuesday decided to discuss irregularities in the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Thursday, after treasury and opposition members criticised PIA’s policy of terminating low-grade employees and recruiting senior employees at exorbitant salaries.
The opposition raised the issue of 300 low-grade PIA employees’ termination through an adjournment motion, in addition to providing a list of employees hired at extraordinary salaries.
Raza Rabbani, opposition leader in the Senate, said PIA’s low-grade employees – many of whom were cardiac and depression patients – had been suffering because of the administration’s “anti-labourer policyâ€ÂÂ. He said the administration had terminated 300 low-paid employees, including 43 permanent ones, from service, and working hours of others had been increased from 12 to 14 hours, in addition to a cut in their allowances.
Giving a list of recently hired officials, he said Haleem Khan, the PIA financial manager, had been recruited at a salary of Rs 850,000 a month; Uzma Bashir, who was allegedly terminated from National Bank on charges of irregularities, had been appointed human resource manager at Rs 300,000; Nadeem Akram had been appointed as information technology director at Rs 500,000; and Philip Moris, the chief of flight operations, had been hired at $10,000 a month.
He said that Ruksana Kausar’s services had been acquired for Rs 5,000 an hour as an HR consultant and flight operations consultant Ms Silva’s services for Rs 5,000 an hour, while Nadeem Sadiq had been hired on a three-month contract of Rs 600,000 and another person named Imran Maqsood had been appointed revenue general manager for Rs 450,000 a month.
Other opposition senators Enver Baig, Abdul Raheem Khan Mandokhel, Ruksana Zubairi, Safdar Abbasi and others backed the opposition leader over the issue.
Dr Sher Afgan Niazi, the parliamentary affairs minister, said although there were serious irregularities in PIA, technically the issue could not be discussed through an adjournment motion. He said nobody knew about the salary package for the PIA chairman, as a list provided by the administration in response to an official query by Senate was silent in this regard.
He said the PIA administration got stickers for their planes from a French company for 29,500 Euros. He said an elevator installed for the PIA chairman’s car had cost Rs 2.8 million.
The leader of the house, Wasim Sajjad, said the services of employees on contract had neither been terminated nor their contracts had been renewed. He suggested that the issue be discussed under Rule 194. the opposition accepted this and the house decided to take up the issue on Thursday.
Source: Daily Times
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Uproar in Senate over release of PIA media brief
By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: A Senate debate on the affairs of the Pakistan International Airlines collapsed in confusion on Thursday after an opposition boycott to protest against an airline brief for the media, denying charges that remained unanswered.
What the ruling coalition and the opposition had planned to be a comprehensive debate stretching to Friday was given up after only a few speeches from both sides as the opposition refused to end its walkout against what opposition leader Raza Rabbani called a breach of the house's privilege by PIA by releasing its brief before the discussion was held.
Before leading the walkout, Mr Rabbani said the combined opposition would not come back to the house unless Deputy Chairman Jan Mohammad Jamali, then chairing the proceedings, passed strong strictures against what he saw as a pre-emptive PIA brief, which denied most of the main allegations levelled in the house over the past few days such as the claimed non-disclosure of the airline chairman's salary, its advance payment for three years, extravagant spending, and sacking of employees.
No strictures were passed although the treasury benches were divided about the propriety of the release of the PIA brief before the debate but said nothing illegal had been done, before the house was adjourned until 10am on Friday for what is expected to be last day if its current session that began on Jan 16.
Both leader of the house Wasim Sajjad and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Kamil Ali Agha told the opposition-less house that the PIA brief contained only what some airline officials had stated in a briefing given to the treasury benches, but they provoked protests from some coalition members who said they were invited there.
While some members of the treasury benches defended the PIA, apparently reflecting the briefing given to them in the morning and almost repeating what the airline press brief said, Mr Rabbani spoke at a news conference outside the house with a spate of allegations ranging from anti-worker activities to financial mismanagement, inefficiency and hiring executives at "astronomical pay packages".
Although some bitter criticism of the PIA's financial health also came from pro-government independent Senator Waqar Ahmad Khan, there seemed to be a marked change of posture at the treasury benches on Thursday since they offered on Tuesday to debate what a minister called "the entire scenario of the PIA" in exchange for an opposition adjournment motion seeking a debate on the alleged sacking of up to 300 mainly contractual employees.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sher Afgan Khan Niazi, who had been in the forefront in castigating PIA's management during the question hour last week and on Tuesday, with no apparent grouse from his colleagues on the front benches, left the house before the start of the debate, apparently to avoid being embarrassed by their denial of his statements that the PIA chairman had taken three years' advance of an undisclosed salary and engaged in extravagance.After some scathing criticism of the PIA by PML-N's Prof Sajid Mir and PPP's Babar Awan, both Mr Wasim Sajjad and MQM's Ahmad Ali said it had been verified that the PIA chairman had not drawn three years' advance salary, which the airline brief put at Rs422,140 per month plus admissible government of Pakistan allowances in a corporation.
The chair seemed prepared to prolong the debate until Friday as earlier been agreed by the two sides, but it accepted the ruling coalition's demand to treat Mr Sajjad's brief remarks as a winding up speech and conclude the discussion.
The PIA brief said salary packages of top executives were contractual and in some cases could be slightly higher than the chairman's because they were not entitled to other regular government allowances and their tenure was limited.
The brief acknowledged that 29,500 euros were spent on designing the tail of an A310 plane with stickers as part of a "corporate identity transformation" of the national flag carrier's aircraft to reflect the cultural traditions of the four provinces but said tails of all other planes were being painted in-house at a cost of Rs300,000 to Rs500,000 each.
It said only 184 contractual employees were relieved this year by not renewing their contracts "in view of inadequate performance and (on) no-need basis".
It denied an opposition allegation, which was earlier endorsed by Mr Niazi, that a ramp had been built at the PIA's head office in Karachi to carry the chairman's car to an upper floor and said only a small elevator for handicapped employees and visitors had been planned.
About the opposition criticism of employing foreign cabin crew like air hostesses at high salaries, the brief said 83 foreign crew from eight countries -- Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Germany, Greece, Kenya, Russia and Britain -- had been inducted so the passengers would be welcomed on board by their "ethnic hosts" and for their communication convenience, particularly in emergencies.
The airline said it had increased its revenues in the years 2005 and 2006 by 22 per cent over 2004 to Rs12.5 billion but added that an "impressive growth in overall business and revenue" was overtaken by an abnormal surge in the fuel bill due to 74 per cent rise in fuel prices in 2006.
However, it said remedial measures were being taken, including fleet renewal by inducting fuel-efficient aircraft to replace "old fuel guzzlers", invigorated marketing to enhance revenue, costs control and a financial restructuring plan submitted to the government.
With these measures, it said, the management is confident to see a financial turnaround in 2007.
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By Raja Asghar
ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: A Senate debate on the affairs of the Pakistan International Airlines collapsed in confusion on Thursday after an opposition boycott to protest against an airline brief for the media, denying charges that remained unanswered.
What the ruling coalition and the opposition had planned to be a comprehensive debate stretching to Friday was given up after only a few speeches from both sides as the opposition refused to end its walkout against what opposition leader Raza Rabbani called a breach of the house's privilege by PIA by releasing its brief before the discussion was held.
Before leading the walkout, Mr Rabbani said the combined opposition would not come back to the house unless Deputy Chairman Jan Mohammad Jamali, then chairing the proceedings, passed strong strictures against what he saw as a pre-emptive PIA brief, which denied most of the main allegations levelled in the house over the past few days such as the claimed non-disclosure of the airline chairman's salary, its advance payment for three years, extravagant spending, and sacking of employees.
No strictures were passed although the treasury benches were divided about the propriety of the release of the PIA brief before the debate but said nothing illegal had been done, before the house was adjourned until 10am on Friday for what is expected to be last day if its current session that began on Jan 16.
Both leader of the house Wasim Sajjad and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Kamil Ali Agha told the opposition-less house that the PIA brief contained only what some airline officials had stated in a briefing given to the treasury benches, but they provoked protests from some coalition members who said they were invited there.
While some members of the treasury benches defended the PIA, apparently reflecting the briefing given to them in the morning and almost repeating what the airline press brief said, Mr Rabbani spoke at a news conference outside the house with a spate of allegations ranging from anti-worker activities to financial mismanagement, inefficiency and hiring executives at "astronomical pay packages".
Although some bitter criticism of the PIA's financial health also came from pro-government independent Senator Waqar Ahmad Khan, there seemed to be a marked change of posture at the treasury benches on Thursday since they offered on Tuesday to debate what a minister called "the entire scenario of the PIA" in exchange for an opposition adjournment motion seeking a debate on the alleged sacking of up to 300 mainly contractual employees.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sher Afgan Khan Niazi, who had been in the forefront in castigating PIA's management during the question hour last week and on Tuesday, with no apparent grouse from his colleagues on the front benches, left the house before the start of the debate, apparently to avoid being embarrassed by their denial of his statements that the PIA chairman had taken three years' advance of an undisclosed salary and engaged in extravagance.After some scathing criticism of the PIA by PML-N's Prof Sajid Mir and PPP's Babar Awan, both Mr Wasim Sajjad and MQM's Ahmad Ali said it had been verified that the PIA chairman had not drawn three years' advance salary, which the airline brief put at Rs422,140 per month plus admissible government of Pakistan allowances in a corporation.
The chair seemed prepared to prolong the debate until Friday as earlier been agreed by the two sides, but it accepted the ruling coalition's demand to treat Mr Sajjad's brief remarks as a winding up speech and conclude the discussion.
The PIA brief said salary packages of top executives were contractual and in some cases could be slightly higher than the chairman's because they were not entitled to other regular government allowances and their tenure was limited.
The brief acknowledged that 29,500 euros were spent on designing the tail of an A310 plane with stickers as part of a "corporate identity transformation" of the national flag carrier's aircraft to reflect the cultural traditions of the four provinces but said tails of all other planes were being painted in-house at a cost of Rs300,000 to Rs500,000 each.
It said only 184 contractual employees were relieved this year by not renewing their contracts "in view of inadequate performance and (on) no-need basis".
It denied an opposition allegation, which was earlier endorsed by Mr Niazi, that a ramp had been built at the PIA's head office in Karachi to carry the chairman's car to an upper floor and said only a small elevator for handicapped employees and visitors had been planned.
About the opposition criticism of employing foreign cabin crew like air hostesses at high salaries, the brief said 83 foreign crew from eight countries -- Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Germany, Greece, Kenya, Russia and Britain -- had been inducted so the passengers would be welcomed on board by their "ethnic hosts" and for their communication convenience, particularly in emergencies.
The airline said it had increased its revenues in the years 2005 and 2006 by 22 per cent over 2004 to Rs12.5 billion but added that an "impressive growth in overall business and revenue" was overtaken by an abnormal surge in the fuel bill due to 74 per cent rise in fuel prices in 2006.
However, it said remedial measures were being taken, including fleet renewal by inducting fuel-efficient aircraft to replace "old fuel guzzlers", invigorated marketing to enhance revenue, costs control and a financial restructuring plan submitted to the government.
With these measures, it said, the management is confident to see a financial turnaround in 2007.
Source: DAWN
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Senate debate on PIA ends in chaos
* Sher Afgan Niazi sparks discussion and leaves house
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ISLAMABAD: A Senate discussion on Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) affairs on Thursday ended up in chaos as the opposition boycotted the proceedings and treasury members clashed with each other over the issue.
The opposition walked out and boycotted the proceedings after the PIA administration circulated a press statement among journalists during the discussion. The opposition termed this act of the PIA administration as breach of privilege of the Senate, contending that the PIA could not issue any such press statement when the issue was being debated in the Senate.
Treasury members exchanged words with each other, with some complaining that they were being ignored during official briefings on various issues of national importance.
The Senate was set to have a detailed discussion on “irregularities†in the PIA, but just two members had spoken on the issue when Senate Opposition Leader Raza Rabbani pointed out that the PIA administration had distributed a press brief among journalists in the press gallery, giving its point of view on the issue. He called it an act against parliament’s decorum and demanded that the chair must pass a ruling against the act or they (opposition) would not take part in the debate.
Opening debate on the PIA, Prof Sajid Mir from the opposition benches criticised PIA’s “anti-labour†policies and said that the airline was terminating low-wage employees and hiring “favourites†on hefty packages.
Opposition Senator Dr Babar Awan said the PIA owed a debt of Rs 22 billion and its service standard was deteriorating. He said that 135 contract employees who served PIA for 15 years were terminated “without any reasons†in “violation†of a Supreme Court decree which said that “any person serving an organisation would be deemed permanent after three years of serviceâ€ÂÂ. He said that the PIA got some planes on lease at a rate on which they could have bought.
Treasury member Waqar Ahmed Ali said that at the time when the airlines was suffering from losses the administration was spending lavishly. He said the airlines needed proper balance sheet, account management and management reorganisation.
Senate Deputy Speaker Jan Jamali said that “PIA’s affairs were run on Allah’s mercyâ€ÂÂ. Treasury senators Waqar, Pari Gul Aga and Abdul Razaq Tahim complained that they were not being included in official briefings. They said that the PIA administration arranged a briefing for senators, but they were not informed about it.
They said that the opposition’s claim that the PIA chairman was getting Rs 1 million salary was wrong and added that he was getting Rs 422,140 a month. He said that the claim PIA chairman had withdrawn three years’ salary in advance was also “baselessâ€ÂÂ. They also rejected other claims relating to the PIA chairman. Preliminary Affairs Minister Sher Afgan Niazi, who had raised all these issues, left the House when the debate started. The Senate deputy chairman adjourned the session to meet again today (Friday) at 10 am. He said that the debate on PIA had ended and the house would take up next agenda on Friday.
Source: Daily Times
* Sher Afgan Niazi sparks discussion and leaves house
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ISLAMABAD: A Senate discussion on Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) affairs on Thursday ended up in chaos as the opposition boycotted the proceedings and treasury members clashed with each other over the issue.
The opposition walked out and boycotted the proceedings after the PIA administration circulated a press statement among journalists during the discussion. The opposition termed this act of the PIA administration as breach of privilege of the Senate, contending that the PIA could not issue any such press statement when the issue was being debated in the Senate.
Treasury members exchanged words with each other, with some complaining that they were being ignored during official briefings on various issues of national importance.
The Senate was set to have a detailed discussion on “irregularities†in the PIA, but just two members had spoken on the issue when Senate Opposition Leader Raza Rabbani pointed out that the PIA administration had distributed a press brief among journalists in the press gallery, giving its point of view on the issue. He called it an act against parliament’s decorum and demanded that the chair must pass a ruling against the act or they (opposition) would not take part in the debate.
Opening debate on the PIA, Prof Sajid Mir from the opposition benches criticised PIA’s “anti-labour†policies and said that the airline was terminating low-wage employees and hiring “favourites†on hefty packages.
Opposition Senator Dr Babar Awan said the PIA owed a debt of Rs 22 billion and its service standard was deteriorating. He said that 135 contract employees who served PIA for 15 years were terminated “without any reasons†in “violation†of a Supreme Court decree which said that “any person serving an organisation would be deemed permanent after three years of serviceâ€ÂÂ. He said that the PIA got some planes on lease at a rate on which they could have bought.
Treasury member Waqar Ahmed Ali said that at the time when the airlines was suffering from losses the administration was spending lavishly. He said the airlines needed proper balance sheet, account management and management reorganisation.
Senate Deputy Speaker Jan Jamali said that “PIA’s affairs were run on Allah’s mercyâ€ÂÂ. Treasury senators Waqar, Pari Gul Aga and Abdul Razaq Tahim complained that they were not being included in official briefings. They said that the PIA administration arranged a briefing for senators, but they were not informed about it.
They said that the opposition’s claim that the PIA chairman was getting Rs 1 million salary was wrong and added that he was getting Rs 422,140 a month. He said that the claim PIA chairman had withdrawn three years’ salary in advance was also “baselessâ€ÂÂ. They also rejected other claims relating to the PIA chairman. Preliminary Affairs Minister Sher Afgan Niazi, who had raised all these issues, left the House when the debate started. The Senate deputy chairman adjourned the session to meet again today (Friday) at 10 am. He said that the debate on PIA had ended and the house would take up next agenda on Friday.
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Senate boycott will continue till action against PIA: Rabbani
ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the Senate announced on Thursday that it would continue boycott of the house proceedings until the Senate deputy chairman rules that distribution of a press brief by the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is a breach of privilege of the house. Addressing a press conference along with other opposition senators, Senate Opposition Leader Raza Rabbani said that 42 opposition members would protest against the PIA’s act. “The opposition would also move a privilege motion against the PIA management,†he said. He said that he had a 45-point charge sheet against the PIA that dealt with issues like labour, finances, hiring of executives from outside the airlines, privatisation, demoralisation, cargo operation, leasing of aircraft for haj and umrah, route schedules and marketing polices. He alleged that the PIA management illegally removed 1,234 employees in October 2006 who had attained the age of 57 years in violation of the existing retirement age of 60 years.
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ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the Senate announced on Thursday that it would continue boycott of the house proceedings until the Senate deputy chairman rules that distribution of a press brief by the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is a breach of privilege of the house. Addressing a press conference along with other opposition senators, Senate Opposition Leader Raza Rabbani said that 42 opposition members would protest against the PIA’s act. “The opposition would also move a privilege motion against the PIA management,†he said. He said that he had a 45-point charge sheet against the PIA that dealt with issues like labour, finances, hiring of executives from outside the airlines, privatisation, demoralisation, cargo operation, leasing of aircraft for haj and umrah, route schedules and marketing polices. He alleged that the PIA management illegally removed 1,234 employees in October 2006 who had attained the age of 57 years in violation of the existing retirement age of 60 years.
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Don't know why he is out. Some in position say his so called early retirement is not voluntary but compulsory. Irrespective of whether Kirmani had asked him to join PK, I think it was pretty stupid for him to quit a good thing & join PK, when he knew well what a slippery joint PK is. He had left (resigned) PK under unhappy circumstances as GM Fuel & could have known Kirmani from then - Kirmani could have been selling jet fuel then. He sold Kirmani on Aeroxchange which PK does not have any need for & immediately thereafter was appointed SVP. Some suspect he continued to work for Aerxchange while he was/is SVP at PK and will now go back to his first/second job fulltime.
His performance as SVP Procurement is embarrassing & his shocking endeavors to deal absolutely directly/exclusively with suppliers leave little for the imagination & have given him an unenviable reputation in the industry. He continuously sold Aeroxchange to the industry while at PK & might even have threatened suppliers to come via Aeroxchange or no business.
We know he wanted or was expecting to be given Corporate Planning as well with the retirement of Rasheed ul Hasan.
The man is a fake in a gang of fakes. they are the types who on seeing a corpse with six bullet holes in the head would declare it a suicide.
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His performance as SVP Procurement is embarrassing & his shocking endeavors to deal absolutely directly/exclusively with suppliers leave little for the imagination & have given him an unenviable reputation in the industry. He continuously sold Aeroxchange to the industry while at PK & might even have threatened suppliers to come via Aeroxchange or no business.
We know he wanted or was expecting to be given Corporate Planning as well with the retirement of Rasheed ul Hasan.
The man is a fake in a gang of fakes. they are the types who on seeing a corpse with six bullet holes in the head would declare it a suicide.
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BecauseFMC wrote:Aren't we discussing PIA -'in the line of fire' in Senate? Why the issue of Jawed Sheikh is discussed under this topic?
Stickers for 29,000 euros, for one aircraft, and other issues which are directly related to SVP Javed Shaikh in zerbaer's post.He said that there was no immediate plan to purchase new planes for PIA. He said that one PIA plane had been decorated with stickers purchased from a French company at the cost of 29,500 euros, including application charges. The parliamentary affairs minister added that six senior employees of PIA had been rehired after their retirement, while there were 21 pending cases between the PIA and its crewmembers. Rs 1.2 million has been spent on these cases, he said. staff report
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Opposition to requisition Senate session on PIA
By Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: The combined opposition in the Senate on Friday announced to file a requisition for the Senate session within the next two days to take up the debate on the affairs of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).
"We have decided to submit a requisition for Senate session by Saturday and the affairs of the PIA will be on agenda of the requisition," said opposition leader in the Senate Mian Raza Rabbani while addressing a press conference at the Parliament House here Friday with senators Professor Khurshid Ahmed, Enver Baig, Saadia Abbassi, Liaquat Bangulazi, Shahid Bugti and Abdul Malik.
Rabbani said besides the filing of the requisition, all 42 senators of the opposition will also file privilege motion against the PIA management for undermining the sovereignty of the parliament. "We will expose as to how nine people in the PIA are getting a salary of Rs330 million while the low grades employees are being shown the door," he added.
Criticising the government for defending the PIA, Rabbani said, "This is a government of multinational yuppies, who scratch the back of each other to protect the loot and plunder of each other."
Expressing disappointment over the long debate of leader of the House in the Senate, Rabbani said Wasim Sajjad gave a long sermon just to protect those bigwigs involved in corruption. "The opposition did not come to the senate Friday because leader of the House refused to give ruling against the Chairman PIA Tariq Kirmani, who is a blue-eyed boy of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz," he added.
Clarifying the opposition's stance on the distribution of media brief by the PIA to journalists, he said the opposition never denied the right of PIA to present its point of view but the issue was that all this should have come after the completion of debate. "Only ministers have a right to reply to allegations which are supposed to be raised on the floor of the house during the debate and we cannot allow anyone to circumvent parliament," he added.
He said the opposition also did not want to undermine the right of the press to give the other party's point of view and respect the press more than the present government whose track record was worse as proved in a report of international journalists forum, which states that during the year 2006 journalists in Pakistan were the main victims. In response to a query, Mian Raza Rabbani said that the government cannot run the Senate session without the opposition.
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Related Topic: PIA issues media brief to clear up some misperceptions
By Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: The combined opposition in the Senate on Friday announced to file a requisition for the Senate session within the next two days to take up the debate on the affairs of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).
"We have decided to submit a requisition for Senate session by Saturday and the affairs of the PIA will be on agenda of the requisition," said opposition leader in the Senate Mian Raza Rabbani while addressing a press conference at the Parliament House here Friday with senators Professor Khurshid Ahmed, Enver Baig, Saadia Abbassi, Liaquat Bangulazi, Shahid Bugti and Abdul Malik.
Rabbani said besides the filing of the requisition, all 42 senators of the opposition will also file privilege motion against the PIA management for undermining the sovereignty of the parliament. "We will expose as to how nine people in the PIA are getting a salary of Rs330 million while the low grades employees are being shown the door," he added.
Criticising the government for defending the PIA, Rabbani said, "This is a government of multinational yuppies, who scratch the back of each other to protect the loot and plunder of each other."
Expressing disappointment over the long debate of leader of the House in the Senate, Rabbani said Wasim Sajjad gave a long sermon just to protect those bigwigs involved in corruption. "The opposition did not come to the senate Friday because leader of the House refused to give ruling against the Chairman PIA Tariq Kirmani, who is a blue-eyed boy of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz," he added.
Clarifying the opposition's stance on the distribution of media brief by the PIA to journalists, he said the opposition never denied the right of PIA to present its point of view but the issue was that all this should have come after the completion of debate. "Only ministers have a right to reply to allegations which are supposed to be raised on the floor of the house during the debate and we cannot allow anyone to circumvent parliament," he added.
He said the opposition also did not want to undermine the right of the press to give the other party's point of view and respect the press more than the present government whose track record was worse as proved in a report of international journalists forum, which states that during the year 2006 journalists in Pakistan were the main victims. In response to a query, Mian Raza Rabbani said that the government cannot run the Senate session without the opposition.
Source: The News
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