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
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 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
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
Print ‘Privatisation of PIA by end of Oct’ Federal Minister for Defence Khawaja Asif says flights not viable commercially for PIA from Hyderabad to Karachi Updated 10 Sep, 2024 09:53am
Print PIA sell-off likely by next month KARACHI: The privatization process of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is expected to be completed by the first... Updated 05 Sep, 2024 08:54am
Print NA panel briefed about PIA sell-off progress ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), burdened by Rs200 billion in debts and owning Rs145 billion in... Updated 23 Jul, 2024 09:40am
Business & Finance PIA privatisation: final bidding delayed till October 1 KARACHI: The privatisation process of state-owned Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has been delayed as majority... Updated 23 Jul, 2024 09:16am
Markets PIA operations largely unaffected amid global cyber outage: official Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) operations largely remained unaffected as a global cyber outage forced to... Updated 19 Jul, 2024 05:34pm
Pakistan Transport Canada satisfied with security at Karachi airport, PCAA says A team of aviation security inspectors from Transport Canada has given a thumbs up to the security protocols in... Published 18 Jul, 2024 08:48pm
Pakistan Pakistan ‘addressing’ potential bidders’ concern over PIA safety ban ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Privatisation Commission is addressing concerns voiced by those qualified to bid for the... Published 03 Jul, 2024 05:15pm
Print Bidding process for PIA to be aired live: Aleem Says everyone has contributed to PIA's destruction, no option left but to privatise it Updated 23 May, 2024 11:01am
Pakistan PIA privatisation: deadline for EoI submission not expected to be extended further The deadline for companies to express their interest in buying national carrier Pakistan International Airlines... Updated 16 May, 2024 10:43pm
Pakistan Rains return to UAE, PIA suspends flights to Dubai, Sharjah Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Thursday suspended flight operations to Dubai and Sharjah as heavy rains... Published 02 May, 2024 09:37pm
Pakistan Pakistan canvasses interest in purchase of stake in PIA KARACHI: Pakistan is putting on the block a stake ranging from 51% to 100% of loss-making national carrier Pakistan... Updated 02 Apr, 2024 11:33pm
Pakistan International investors express interest in Pakistan’s PIA, airports, says aviation ministry An adviser for the deal tells Pakistan’s ministry of defence production and aviation that 'seven international investors including Germany, France, Netherlands, Qatar, UAE, Malaysia and Turkiye have shown interest' besides local groups Published 26 Mar, 2024 10:00pm
Business & Finance Senior PIA official confident EASA will lift ban this year A senior official at Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is hopeful that flights to Europe and the UK will resume... Updated 19 Mar, 2024 09:48am
Pakistan Caretaker cabinet approves PIA’s privatisation plan ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s caretaker cabinet on Tuesday approved flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA)... Updated 06 Feb, 2024 10:42pm
BR Research Bleeding monsters The best-performing state-owned power distribution company in Pakistan is loss-making. There are ten of them. There... Published 05 Jan, 2024 08:39am
Print Receivables of PSO against PIA reach Rs27.5bn ISLAMABAD: The accumulated receivable of state-owned Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has reached Rs27.512 billion including... Updated 09 Dec, 2023 09:10am
Pakistan PIA cancels 349 flights over fuel row ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has canceled 349 flights in the last two weeks due to a shortage of... Published 26 Oct, 2023 05:41pm
Pakistan PIA privatisation: high-level huddle ‘agrees on timelines’ Advisor to PM on Aviation, senior management and PIA's legal/financial consultants also attend meeting Published 19 Sep, 2023 10:59pm
Pakistan Pakistan’s flag carrier PIA struggling to pay bills LAHORE: Pakistan’s national flag carrier admitted Friday it was struggling to pay bills and wages after local media... Published 15 Sep, 2023 06:08pm
Pakistan Caretaker PM directs to complete PIA’s privatisation on fast track basis Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has directed to complete the privatisation process of Pakistan... Updated 14 Sep, 2023 10:55pm
Business & Finance Azerbaijan Airlines to launch direct flights to Pakistan from Sept 20 Flights will be operated to Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi Published 16 Aug, 2023 08:17pm
Print PIA resumes passenger flights for Beijing BEIJING: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has resumed its weekly passenger flight for China with arrival of... Updated 07 Aug, 2023 09:16am
3 imported coal-based IPPs to Thar coal: PPIB seeks details of Chinese Ad hoc Working Group on conversion