PIA operations remain suspended for fifth day, passengers in limbo

KARACHI: A late night meeting between the Privatization Commission Chairman Zubair Umar and the PIA Joint Action Committee ended without a solution on Friday night, with Umar demanding that flight operations be restored first while the JAC wants their demands to be met before anything else.

Meanwhile, Flight operations for the national carrier remains suspended for a fifth day with the greatest loss being borne by paying passengers who have also resorted to protesting at various airports.

Operations remain suspended at all PIA offices including ticketing counters across the country.

Pilots ready to fly

PALPA president Amir Hashmi says pilots are ready to come on duty, if fifty percent of the PIA staff supports the pilots, flight operations can be resumed.