Punjab

Outsourcing of airports: CAA employees protest

Joint Action Committee President maintains handing over profitable airports to private sector would be a foolish step.

Our Correspondent April 01, 2017

PHOTO: REUTERS

MULTAN: The Employees Union of CAA staged a protest demonstration at Multan Airport against outsourcing the operation, management and development of three major airports in Pakistan. The airports included New Islamabad International Airport, Islamabad, Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore and Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.

While speaking to journalists, Joint Action Committee President Rana Muhammad Saleem said, “We demand the government to withdraw its decision.” He added, “The decision will render more than 10,000 employees jobless.”

Saleem maintained handing over the profitable airports to private sector would be a foolish step. “CAA Pakistan is earning more than Rs26b per annum profit after meeting the losses of smaller airports,” he revealed. Meanwhile, the protesters appealed to the parliamentarians of PTI and PPP to raise voice against the decision of outsourcing of the airports.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 1^st, 2017.

COMMENTS (1)

Ali | 7 years ago | Reply CAA needs to become more business centric, and that includes changing culture, policies and pricing. Pakistani airports look rundown, are union ridden, uncomfortable and unattractive to international airlines. Privatization must be implemented to halt the decay.

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