ISLAMABAD: A two member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar has ordered the auditor general of Pakistan to complete an audit of Pakistan International Airlines’ accounts within 10 weeks.

Hearing a case pertaining to the national flag carrier, the chief justice noted that PIA’s losses have reached 360 billion rupees and the government cannot continue to run the airlines on an annual 13 billion rupees subsidy.

The court also ordered the name of former adviser on Aviation, Shujaat Azeem, to be removed from the Exit Control List and said that he must appear before the auditor general if called, warning that his property would be seized in case of failure to comply.

AP