Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1 (ANI): With Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) implementing its decision to cut the existing workforce by half and shift the head office of the national carrier from Karachi to Islamabad by January end but the current and former officials view the entire development as a move to sack the maximum number of staffers particularly those living in Sindh and Balochistan.
Despite the fact that PIA requires the Parliament s approval for relocation. But the employees are considering the decision as politically motivated by the Imran Khan government. This is quite obvious when even the country s premier spy agency is being used as a tool to silence dissenting voices.
Spokesman for PIA Abdullah Hafeez Khan said in a press release that the total number of employees availing the facility had touched the figure of 2,000 and about a thousand release letters had already been issued. AFP/File
RAWALPINDI / ISLAMABAD: With the sun setting on the tumultuous year of 2020 on Thursday, the management of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) closed its Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) and began tallying the total number of employees availing the facility and generating final settlement and release letters for them.
Spokesman for PIA Abdullah Hafeez Khan said in a press release that the total number of employees availing the facility had touched the figure of 2,000 and about a thousand release letters had already been issued.
Spokesman for PIA Abdullah Hafeez Khan said in a press release that the total number of employees availing the facility had touched the figure of 2,000 and about a thousand release letters had already been issued. AFP/File
RAWALPINDI / ISLAMABAD: With the sun setting on the tumultuous year of 2020 on Thursday, the management of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) closed its Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) and began tallying the total number of employees availing the facility and generating final settlement and release letters for them.
Spokesman for PIA Abdullah Hafeez Khan said in a press release that the total number of employees availing the facility had touched the figure of 2,000 and about a thousand release letters had already been issued.
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PIA management is moving forward with its plan to cut the existing workforce by half and shift the head office of the national flag carrier from Karachi to Islamabad. AFP/File
AMID a sense of fear and insecurity that has prevailed among thousands of employees, the Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) management is moving forward with its plan to cut the existing workforce by half and shift the head office of the national flag carrier from Karachi to Islamabad despite the fact that it needs the parliament’s nod before taking any such step, it has emerged.
While the PIA management has its own reasons to justify the relocation of the head office and downsizing, current and former employees paint a grim picture of the state of affairs in the airline where even the country’s premier spy agency is being used as a tool to silence dissenting voices.