RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) management has laidoff nearly 1,000 surplus employees and has taken other measures to reduceoperational cost of the airline.
This was informed by PIA president and Chief Executive Air Marshal ArshadMalik during a meeting with Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance DrAbdul Hafeez Sheikh on Friday.
The PIA chief executive, according to a press release issued by the financeministry, briefed Dr Sheikh on various activities and initiativesundertaken by the PIA to reduce its operational cost and increase revenuesthrough better management and effective utilisation of available financialand human resources.
