The Supreme Court’s constitutional bench on Thursday disposed of the case by withdrawing the order halting privatisation of the Pakistan International Airlines.
During the course of hearing, the additional attorney general told the court that the apex court had granted permission to the PIA administration to hire new officials. The government, he said, initiated the PIA sell-off process but could not begin the recruitment due to privatisation mechanism.
The AAG said the commission was again going for the sell-off deal and a ban on PIA flight operations had also been lifted.
Justice Jamal Mandokhail inquired about violation of SC order by the government by restarting the privatisation process.
The SC order mandated that the process to dispose of PIA must be done by taking court into confidence.
The law officer told the court that an application was filed to take the court into confidence on the PIA sell-off process.
Justice Mandokhail remarked that “the court grants its confidence and the privatisation process must be done in a fair manner.”
