The government will seek fresh expressions of interest for the sale of Pakistan International Airlines later this month, a government adviser said on Thursday, two days after PIA reported its first annual profit in over two decades.
"In our last attempt to privatise PIA, pre-qualified bidders had some issues with taxation and the balance sheet. Those are taken care of now," Muhammad Ali, government adviser on privatisation, told Reuters.
"We plan to publish the new Expression of Interest (EoI) by the last week of April 2025," he said.
The government plans to complete the airline's privatisation before the end of this year. "We are also revising the pre-qualification criteria," he said, adding that the reference price could also be revised keeping in view the latest accounts and changes in the balance sheet.
The adviser said that the process to privatise power distribution companies had also started, terming it a "high priority transaction".
He said some companies previously due to be sold in the second phase were being pushed into the first phase.
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