The Pakistan International Airlines on Thursday announced that it would start paying dues to its around 2,000 employees under the early retirement Voluntarily Separation Scheme (VSS) next week. AFP/File
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines on Thursday announced that it would start paying dues to its around 2,000 employees under the early retirement Voluntarily Separation Scheme (VSS) next week.
The PIA statement came a day after the protesting employees of the airline had alleged that two former employees died of heart attack because they were under a lot of stress due to non-payment of their VSS dues and requested the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo motu notice of their “economic murder”.
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.
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