PIA: wings of the protestors will be clipped says Pervaiz Rashid
Pervaiz Rashid assured that no employee will be sacked from PIA
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid said on Monday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has promised not to sack any employee from Pakistan International Airline (PIA), reported Dunya News.
The minister said that those who will go for strike will face the treatment of an enemy. He told that we have made alternative arrangements for running flight operations.
On the other hand the Aviation Division officials have said that if the flight operation is disturbed then PIA will face more than 25 million rupees worth of losses.
Also Read: PM approves Compulsory Service Maintenance act 1952 for PIA, protest becomes illegal
Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif approved the Compulsory Service Maintenance act 1952 on Monday for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). After the implementation of the Act, all of the unions of PIA dissolved and the protest became illegal, reported Dunya News.
According to the details, PM Nawaz approved the summary forwarded by Aviation Division that dissolved all PIA unions and the protesting workers of PIA will be sacked from their offices from tomorrow. The employees can even get a jail term if they continue to protest.
The PIA Joint Action Committee (JAC) strongly condemned the step taken by the PM. During a press conference in Karachi, the protesting PIA employees said that their deadline of ceasing flight operations from Tuesday at 7am, will not change. The chairman Joint Action Committee said that protest is their legal right but they are ready for dialogue with the government.
Chairman JAC further said that their next framework will be made after reading the notification. PIA employees continued their protest against privatization of PIA in different cities and boycotted office work.
