PIA sell-off: FA fees cost kitty Rs1.95bn ISLAMABAD: The government has incurred a loss of Rs1.95 billion in fees to a Financial Advisor (FA) for structuring... Updated 19 Nov, 2024 01:16pm
Pakistan Immediate restructuring of governmental system the need of the hour: PDP KARACHI: Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor here Sunday urged the government to bring efficient... Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:54am
Opinion PIA sell-off challenge: crash-landing was long in the making Six months ago, the buzz in Islamabad was that foreign airline giants were lining up to acquire a seemingly... Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:54am
Opinion KP govt again seeks to participate in PIA bidding In a seemingly unsavory development, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has written another letter to Minister... Published 15 Nov, 2024 06:20am
Pakistan PIA to transport 35,000 intending pilgrims of govt Hajj scheme KARACHI: PIA will transport 35,000 intending pilgrims under Government Hajj scheme to Saudi Arabia this year. An... Published 14 Nov, 2024 08:39am
Print Matter referred to Cabinet committee: PC board rejects Rs10bn bid for PIA ISLAMABAD: The Privatization Commission Board rejected the Rs10 billion bid submitted by Blue World City Consortium... Updated 14 Nov, 2024 09:24am
Pakistan KP govt again seeks to participate in PIA bidding ISLAMABAD: After having formally conveyed its willingness to the federal government to buy Pakistan International... Updated 14 Nov, 2024 09:28am
Pakistan Religious ministry, PIA agree to provide travel services for 35,000 Hajj pilgrims The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will provide travel facilities to 35,000 pilgrims who will perform Hajj... Updated 13 Nov, 2024 07:50pm
Pakistan PIA CEO skips panel meeting without any intimation ISLAMABAD: As the privatisation of the sinking titanic – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) – is in doldrums,... Published 13 Nov, 2024 07:54am
Editorials PIA sell-off fiasco EDITORIAL: Halloween, thirty-first October, a day celebrated for horror and associated with the macabre, cast its... Updated 07 Nov, 2024 06:42am
Print PIA’s governance ‘flaws’ identified by SAEP KARACHI: The controversial sale of five Boeing 777 engines at below-market prices and the grounding of two aircraft... Updated 06 Nov, 2024 08:28am
Print Punjab govt not mulling buying PIA: Azma LAHORE: Terming the smog as one of the biggest issues, Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari said on Monday that... Updated 05 Nov, 2024 09:00am
Opinion Privatisation and SBP Heads should roll in the aftermath of the fiasco of the Thursday bidding of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) as... Published 04 Nov, 2024 03:29am
Print ‘Can’t sell PIA for peanuts,’ says Aleem LAHORE: Federal Minister for Privatisation Abdul Aleem Khan has said he had responsibility of selling Pakistan... Updated 04 Nov, 2024 03:10pm
Editorials PIA’s privatisation: hurdles and roadblocks EDITORIAL: The government’s much-delayed plans of privatising PIA hit a huge obstacle on October 31 as the final... Published 04 Nov, 2024 03:29am
Markets PIA ‘national asset’, provinces welcome to buy airline on PC’s minimum expected price, says Aleem Khan Minister says federal cabinet to decide if creation of new framework required for privatisation of PIA Published 03 Nov, 2024 11:01pm
Business & Finance Govt urged to ‘revive’ PIA privatisation process LAHORE: Former Caretaker Federal Minister for Commerce and Chairman of the FPCCI Pakistan Economic Revival and ... Published 03 Nov, 2024 07:44am
Print PM holds trade, investment talks with Qatar’s emir, counterpart DOHA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday met Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his counterpart... Updated 01 Nov, 2024 09:21am
Business & Finance Below govt minimum: PIA stake sale attracts sole bid of Rs10bn ISLAMABAD: The Blue World Consortium has submitted the only bid for a 60 percent stake in Pakistan International... Published 01 Nov, 2024 06:51am
Business & Finance PIA privatisation: Blue World City refuses to match PC’s ‘minimum expectation’ of Rs85.03bn, sticks to Rs10bn offer Process of PIA bidding concludes with just one sole bid Ball now in PC and cabinet's court Updated 01 Nov, 2024 09:55am
Business & Finance PIA privatisation set to conclude today ISLAMABAD: The long-awaited privatisation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is set to conclude today... Published 31 Oct, 2024 06:18am
Pakistan Real estate developer Blue World City cleared to bid for PIA, company chairman says KARACHI: A Pakistani real estate development company said on Wednesday it had completed requirements to enter the... Updated 30 Oct, 2024 10:02pm
Business & Finance PIACL bidding to be held tomorrow ISLAMABAD: The bidding of loss-making Pakistan International Airlines Corporation Ltd (PIACL), the first state-owned... Published 30 Oct, 2024 06:32am
Business & Finance Govt receives one bid for stake in flag carrier PIA: report Other 5 groups stay away from depositing 'earnest money' Updated 30 Oct, 2024 12:44am
Editorials Complexities of SOE reforms EDITORIAL: Poorly performing state-owned enterprises (SOEs), wracked with chronic inefficiencies and ringing up... Updated 26 Oct, 2024 07:42am
Pakistan Pakistan aims to privatise flag carrier PIA in November: finance minister Aurangzeb says ensuring macroeconomic stability, doing proper due diligence of interested parties behind five-month delay in privatisation process Updated 24 Oct, 2024 11:48pm
Print NA informed: Final auction for PIA on 30th ISLAMABAD: As the country is seeking to outsource its airport operations in line with an International Monetary Fund... Updated 24 Oct, 2024 09:25am
Opinion A Safari in Karachi There is an alarming increase in the number of some species of animals that dominate the landscape in Karachi. This... Published 19 Oct, 2024 06:48am
Print IMF told: Two Discos’ sell-off to wrap up by Jan-end ISLAMABAD: The federal government has shared with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that transactions of two... Updated 12 Oct, 2024 09:47pm
Editorials Privatising PIA: a Herculean task EDITORIAL: Yet another delay appears to be on the cards with respect to the privatisation of Pakistan International... Published 09 Oct, 2024 06:59am
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