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WATCH: Asad Umar reportedly grills senior PIA official over incompetent staff

Umar complains about staff qualifications and directs PIA official to facilitate the passengers

News Desk December 24, 2018

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Finance Minister Asad Umar was spotted at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi reportedly grilling a senior official of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) over the phone.

At Karachi airport @Asad_Umar spotted grilling Chairman PIA after hearing public complains about #PIA flight operations.

'Just last month I have released Rs.70 Billion but it seems I'm sinking it into a black hole'#Karachi #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/4YecZhPlu3
— Malik. (@NavazMalik) December 23, 2018

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In a video posted on Twitter, Umar appears to be speaking to a senior official in the national carrier's management after he was approached by passengers complaining of PIA flight operations.

Umar reportedly complained about staff qualifications and directed the senior PIA official to provide an official to facilitate the passengers.

"Just last month I released Rs70 billion, but it seems I'm sinking it into a black hole," Umar can be heard saying while on call.

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The finance minister hung up the phone after instructing the official on call to send an employee with some experience to "deal with the situation".

COMMENTS (2)

Muhammad Waheed | 5 years ago | Reply Huge lot of employees are hired only on political basis so there is no question of expecting performance from those who are not qualified. It will need a massive surgery in all ranks of the organization to bring any improvement. one practical way is to define KPIs of each function on war footing and link job continuation with improvement in KPIs based on feedback by independent bodies.

AJ | 5 years ago | Reply Glad that the ministers are not amplifying rather than silencing the voices of the masses.

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