Federal government enforced the Pakistan Essential Services Maintenance Act 1952 for the PIA
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RAWALPINDI: Federal government enforced the Pakistan Essential Services Maintenance Act 1952 for the Pakistan International Airlines.
The government on Wednesday enforced the Pakistan Essential Services (Maintenance) Act, 1952 allowing the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation Limited (PIACL) to rescue, evacuate and repatriate Pakistanis and foreigners stranded in different countries.
The Act has been implemented with immediate effect and for a period of six months.
Consequent to the Covid-19 pandemic, a large number of Pakistanis and diaspora are still stranded in various countries with expired visas and limited resources, according to a spokesman for PIA.
The spokesman in a press release said that in order to ensure an uninterrupted and continual operation of rescue, evacuation and repatriation efforts, the services of PIACL had been placed under the Essential Services (Maintenance) Act 1952, with an immediate effect and for a period of six months.
