PPPP demands PIA audit report

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P) on Sunday demanded the auditor general of Pakistan (AGP) publish the report of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).

“We also demand the defence minister release a fact sheet for the information of the country’s tax payers. It is a serious matter that the PIA’s financial situation has become so grave that it faced liquidation,” said Senator Rukhsana Zubairi of the PPPP.

She said that funds were being given to the PIA from the national budget every year. “In addition, the government has also created new liabilities worth $2.2 billion for its generations to come by giving sovereign guarantees,” she said. She was also critical of the PIA’s decision of selling its old A-310 B4 aircrafts last year and getting other A-310 aircrafts on lease causing losses to the corporation. “The Senate standing committee objected the deal after which the deal was revised and the PIA got $4 million more than the earlier agreed amount with a Turkish company,” she said.

A sub-committee was established to probe into PIA’s sale deal, which was conducted by senators Rukhsana Zubairi, Asif Jatoi and Muhammad Akram Wali. staff report

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