Pak. Airlines have flown 46 without passengers in 2016-17

Islamabad, Ta. September 22, 2019, Sunday

On the one hand, Pakistan's economic condition has become quite lacking and petrol is being sold at Rs 100 per liter while milk is being sold at Rs 140 per liter. Pakistan International Airlines, without leaving 46 flights, has caused millions of rupees loss to the country.

Food prices are skyrocketing in Pakistan, which is facing a financial crisis, and the government has to intervene to control it.

Investigations have been launched against the news that 46 international flights from Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have been left without passengers. In addition, the Audit Report reports that 36 flights to Hajj pilgrims were left vacant in the Islamic region.

The PIA did not find any passengers to travel to the holy Mecca Medina, however, the planes were evacuated. Pakistani International Airlines is operated out of government funds and according to audit report only 46 flights flew without passengers during 2016 to 2017. While the investigations for the following years are ongoing.

The Pakistani government has suffered a loss of Rs 18 crore due to empty flights. On the one hand, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan traveled to the United States with ordinary people on Qatar Airways flights instead of private aircraft, following the country's poor economy. Such an operation of an airlines can be called a shame.

The administration had been informed about this earlier but no action was taken. Pakistan has received financial assistance from several countries, including Saudi Arabia, China, the United Arab Emirates, to escape the financial crisis. The debt figure on Pakistan's head has reached six billion dollars and the foreign exchange reserve has declined due to the burden of paying off its debt and interest.