ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has rejected the PIA plane crash report, which was presented by the Aviation Minister, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, and demanded the resignation of the prime minister and the aviation minister.

Addressing a news conference on Thursday, Dr Nafisa Shah, Palwasha Khan, and Senator Rubina Khalid said that the report should have gone to the committee first, and then to the House. The president of PIA Labour Union Hidayatullah also participated in the news conference.

The PPP leaders said that the pilot had been accused and the licenses of the pilots had been suspected. They said that the person whose own degree was suspected was talking about the pilots' degrees. They said that this had happened for the first time in the history of Pakistan that the federal ministers were fighting each other.

They said they were also complaining about the advisors, brought in from abroad. They said that the PPP had always taken along every party on national issues. They said that the aviation minister did not have the authority to listen to the conversation in the voice recorder of the unfortunate aircraft.

They said that there was a conflict between the PIA and the Civil Aviation Authority, and similarly, there was also tension between the PIA pilots, and former officers of the Air Force.

The PPP leaders said that pilots were worried about Covid-19 because the SOPs were not being followed on the aircrafts. They said that during the PPP government, only lower grade employees were appointed in the PIA. "[Justice] Qazi Faez Isa was threatened but the "Riasat-e-Madina" is sleeping.

Who are the people who are threatening a judge of the highest court of Pakistan?" the PPP leaders asked. Palwasha Khan said that messages were being sent to Justice Qazi Faez Isa, and both the husband and wife were fighting for justice.

The PPP leaders said that during the PTI government, every sector was suffering because of "incapability and inefficiency" of the rulers. The PPP leaders demanded to register FIR against the prime minister, and his advisor, Zulfi Bukhari for every life lost due to the Covid-19.

Senator Rubina Khalid said that for nine million population of Malakand Division, there was only a 150-bed hospital where oxygen was not being provided to the patients. The president of PIA Labour Union Hidayatullah said that 4000 to 5,000 employees were being laid off from the PIA.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020