ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Pakistan InternationalAirline (PIA) to submit its response on the National Accountability Bureau(NAB) report.
The court also directed the PIA administration to submit details of theairline’s current deficit.
A two-member SC bench comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial and JusticeIjazul Ahsan heard the case regarding the sale of national assets,including those of PIA, at lower rates.
During the course of proceedings, the bench directed the national flagcarrier to submit a comprehensive plan for improvements in PIA.
NAB Additional Prosecutor General Nayyar Rizvi said that the bureau hadraised objections to 33 issues in its report. He also highlighted the issueof underqualified staff in the top management of PIA.
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Justice Ijazul Ahsan observed that PIA faced losses worth billions ofrupees due to the award of free tickets. “Apart from the employees,unauthorized people were also given free tickets,” he added.
Justice Umar Ata Bandial said that the court needed a solution to theproblem as it was trying to get national institutions in the rightdirection. The purpose of the prosecution was not to harm anyone, he added.
