*ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday unanimouslyagreed that the new international Islamabad airport should also be namedafter former prime minister Shaheed Benazir Bhutto.*
The PAC meeting, chaired by Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif, discussed thename of the new Islamabad airport which was inaugurated in May last year.
All members of the PAC agreed to name the new airport after theassassinated leader in order to honor her memory, like the old airport ofthe twin cities.
“At PAC when records of ‘Islamabad Airport’ showed the original name of‘New Benazir Bhutto International Airport’ all members across the politicalboard endorsed our advice to revert to the right name of the airport. Govtplease take note. SMBenazir Bhutto is Pakistan’s pride,” Pakistan PeoplesParty’s Senator Sherry Rehman tweeted.[image: View image on Twitter]linklinklinklinkTwitter Ads info and privacy link
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The new Islamabad airport was inaugurated on May 1 in 2018, after months ofdelay. The new airport is located 30km away from central Islamabad, and itsconstruction work had started in April 2007.
The airport has a modular design which enables it to handle nine millionpassengers and 50,000 metric tons of cargo initially.
