Lahore: Qaumi airline PIA ne apne aadhe se zyada tayyaray ground honay ke bawajood is saal kamal ki financial performance dikhayi hai. Airline ne maujooda mali saal ke pehle 6 mahinon me Rs. 11.50 billion ka pre-tax profit hasil kar liya hai.
Dusarī taraf PIA ki privatization jis ka schedule pehle December ke pehle haftay ka tha, ab taakhir ka shikar ho kar December ke aakhri haftay me mutawaqqe hai.
PIA ke sources ke mutabiq, 14 se 16 operational aircrafts ke sath bhi airline Canada, UK, France, Saudi Arabia, UAE aur kay dusre mulkon ke liye flights jari rakhe hue hai.
Pichle saal airline ne Rs. 26.20 billion munafa kamaya tha, jabke iss saal ab tak Rs. 11.50 billion se zyada munafa hasil ho chuka hai. Muamlay se waqif afraad ka kehna hai ke agar PIA ka fleet poore taur par bahal ho jaye to 2–3 billion rupey ka ezafi munafa bhi hasil kiya ja sakta hai.
PIA ke paas kul 32 aircrafts hain, jin me se 16 aircrafts engines aur spare parts ki kami ki wajah se operation se bahar hain. Agar in tayyaroon ko dobara operational bana diya jaye to sources ke mutabiq, “PIA ki privatization ki zarurat bhi kam ho sakti hai.”
Privatization Commission ke sources ke mutabiq, PIA ki bikri me hissa lene wali companies me Fauji Fertilizer, Habib Rafiq Group, Younus Brothers, aur AirBlue shamil hain. December me hone wali bidding me faisla hoga ke PIA ko kaun acquire karega.
Sources ne bataya ke jis bhi company ne PIA purchase karna hoga, usay Rs. 300–400 billion tak ki additional investment karni paregi—jo aik bara challenge hai.
PIA ki foreign aur domestic high-value properties ko sale process se alag kar diya gaya hai, aur unhen PIA Holding Company ke naam transfer kar diya gaya hai. Privatization me sirf Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar aur Rawalpindi ke 4 main offices shamil honge.
