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SC directs PIAC chief to lay off surplus staff to revive airline
SHAHID RAO
May 07, 2021
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday asked the Chairman Pakistan International Airline Corporation (PIAC) to take necessary steps for removing surplus and non-required staff to ensure PIA is being brought to a level to make it a viable commercial airline.
A three-member special bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed stated this while the hearing of the case related to PIAC surplus staff.
During the hearing, the counsel for the PIAC filed a report showing action taken against the delinquent officials of the PIAC, including the list of pilots, who have been dismissed on account of holding fake academic documents and list of cases pending in Courts, where stay orders have been obtained.
The Chairman PIAC told the court that to have these cases decided by the respective courts, he has approached the office of the Attorney General for Pakistan to assist PIAC in having all these cases, filed by the employees in different courts, decided, particularly in which injunctive orders are operating and the same be vacated.
“Let the Chairman PIAC take necessary steps for removing surplus and non-required staff to ensure that the airline is brought to a level to make it a viable commercial airline,” said the Court order.
Director General Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) also filed the report giving comprehensive details regarding the employees’ misconducts and crimes while performing their duties in the Authority. He apprised that the prosecution against such employees have already commenced.
The counsel apprised that challans have been filed in respective trial courts. He further informed that witnesses named in the challans shall be produced and the Authority shall ensure that all these cases are decided by the respective courts expeditiously.
The bench noted that normally the criminal cases are not seriously prosecuted by the government departments; therefore, mostly the delinquent employees get acquitted for the reason that no effective evidence is brought on record by the concerned department.
The CAA lawyer contended that they shall vigorously pursue all these matters and shall ensure production of best possible and quality evidence before the concerned Courts. He submitted the details of the action taken by the Authority on departmental side against the officials, including the pilots, who have obtained fake licenses. He also informed about the details of the cases in which injunctive orders have been passed.
The court asked the DG Authority to approach the office of the Attorney General for Pakistan to ensure that the cases before the courts, particularly where injunctive orders have been passed, shall be properly pursued and dealt with to bring them to a logical conclusion. The bench directed the DG CAA to file the report before the next date of hearing.
Later, the bench deferred the hearing for one month for further proceedings.
nation.com.pk
SHAHID RAO
May 07, 2021
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday asked the Chairman Pakistan International Airline Corporation (PIAC) to take necessary steps for removing surplus and non-required staff to ensure PIA is being brought to a level to make it a viable commercial airline.
A three-member special bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed stated this while the hearing of the case related to PIAC surplus staff.
During the hearing, the counsel for the PIAC filed a report showing action taken against the delinquent officials of the PIAC, including the list of pilots, who have been dismissed on account of holding fake academic documents and list of cases pending in Courts, where stay orders have been obtained.
The Chairman PIAC told the court that to have these cases decided by the respective courts, he has approached the office of the Attorney General for Pakistan to assist PIAC in having all these cases, filed by the employees in different courts, decided, particularly in which injunctive orders are operating and the same be vacated.
“Let the Chairman PIAC take necessary steps for removing surplus and non-required staff to ensure that the airline is brought to a level to make it a viable commercial airline,” said the Court order.
Director General Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) also filed the report giving comprehensive details regarding the employees’ misconducts and crimes while performing their duties in the Authority. He apprised that the prosecution against such employees have already commenced.
The counsel apprised that challans have been filed in respective trial courts. He further informed that witnesses named in the challans shall be produced and the Authority shall ensure that all these cases are decided by the respective courts expeditiously.
The bench noted that normally the criminal cases are not seriously prosecuted by the government departments; therefore, mostly the delinquent employees get acquitted for the reason that no effective evidence is brought on record by the concerned department.
The CAA lawyer contended that they shall vigorously pursue all these matters and shall ensure production of best possible and quality evidence before the concerned Courts. He submitted the details of the action taken by the Authority on departmental side against the officials, including the pilots, who have obtained fake licenses. He also informed about the details of the cases in which injunctive orders have been passed.
The court asked the DG Authority to approach the office of the Attorney General for Pakistan to ensure that the cases before the courts, particularly where injunctive orders have been passed, shall be properly pursued and dealt with to bring them to a logical conclusion. The bench directed the DG CAA to file the report before the next date of hearing.
Later, the bench deferred the hearing for one month for further proceedings.
SC directs PIAC chief to lay off surplus staff to revive airline
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday asked the Chairman Pakistan International Airline Corporation (PIAC) to take necessary steps for removing
nation.com.pk
