00:00 We will take you to the National Assembly's meeting.
00:02 The government is considering Rs 7.
00:04 The government will remain the same.
00:06 And they will get salaries and whatever benefits they get, they will get according to the law.
00:11 But,
00:12 we will have to raise the Pakistan Airports by making them a GTS hub.
00:17 And whatever the world is doing, we will have to follow the best practices.
00:22 That's why if someone puts pressure,
00:24 if someone pressurizes,
00:26 the state should not take that pressure at all.
00:30 Because we are syncing, our bases are syncing.
00:32 What is the reason for that?
00:33 The reason for that is dirty politics.
00:36 Political games at all times.
00:38 Loading our people.
00:41 Where 10 people are needed, 50 people are filled.
00:44 And there is a painful story of destroying this country,
00:48 in which the governments of Marshal Law have also been involved,
00:51 and the political governments have not done any less.
00:53 I don't want to go into that detail, there is no time.
00:55 Islamabad Airport, God willing,
00:58 will be outsourced for 15 years.
01:00 Its area,
01:03 the runway and its
01:06 navigational services and runway operations will not be outsourced.
01:11 This will be done by the Civil Aviation Authority.
01:14 And the rest of the area, we will outsource it.
01:17 IFC, International Finance Corporation,
01:20 which is the offshoot of the World Bank,
01:23 is our consultant.
01:26 12-13 companies have shown their interest.
01:30 There will be competitive bidding.
01:32 The PEPRA law is being fully followed.
01:34 And
01:36 the PPP Authority,
01:38 that is, the Private Public Partnership Authority,
01:40 we are moving forward under its rules and regulations.
01:43 So this will be the first Pakistan airport to be outsourced.
01:47 And the best international practices will be implemented there.
01:52 And after that, it will be Lahore and Karachi's turn.
01:55 So this is the work that the whole world has done.
01:57 We have to decide whether we want to live in the Stone Age or move forward.
02:01 So, the people,
02:03 I am not talking about the members here,
02:05 some people want their 'khanche' to continue.
02:08 They are not going to continue.
02:09 If some people's 'khanche' continues, then the country will not continue.
02:13 Mr. Speaker,
02:15 the time has come for a fair and just decision to be made.
02:18 Similarly, you are the PIA.
02:20 In one minute.
02:22 I have stressed that I am not pro-privatisation.
02:25 All my honourable colleagues know this.
02:28 But people like me have also understood
02:31 that the PIA, which has lost 80 billion this year,
02:35 if it continues to be in this state,
02:37 in 20-30 years, it will lose 269 billion.
02:40 Does Pakistan afford it?
02:42 No.
02:43 So what will have to be done?
02:45 What has been done by the South African Airlines,
02:48 what Air India has done.
02:50 Tata has given an order for 450 new aircrafts for Air India.
02:53 Can't the state run it?
02:55 The state should ensure that no employee of the PIA is unemployed.
03:01 No one should be fired.
03:02 So a holding company of the PIA will be formed.
03:05 It has a liability of 742 billion rupees.
03:08 It will go,
03:10 the properties will go,
03:11 all the strength will go in it.
03:14 This PIA will be clear, completely clean.
03:16 Then you have to offload some of its shares.
03:20 This requires an investment of several billion dollars.
03:22 You have 27-28 operational aircrafts.
03:25 And you cannot compete with the Gulf Airlines.
03:29 You can't do it at all.
03:30 And if you don't restructure the PIA,
03:33 it can be shut down in a year and a half.
03:37 I am giving this statement with responsibility.
03:38 So we will put it on the way.
03:41 The coming government will complete it.
03:44 All the rights of the employees should be protected.
03:48 No one should be unemployed.
03:49 No one should be allowed to be politically active.
03:52 And if someone is angry, let him be.
03:54 But save the state owners of Pakistan.
03:57 You can make them profitable.
03:59 As long as the private sector comes.
04:01 Come on merit.
04:02 Come with transparency.
04:04 Come with foreign direct investment.
04:06 The PIA's roots are precious.
04:08 We are not going to use these roots.
04:11 And the historic work that took place yesterday,
04:13 the legislation that has been led by the Speaker,
04:17 I am thankful to you and all the honoured members.
04:21 This was the last hurdle in resuming the PIA flights.
04:26 Every year, 70 billion rupees were spent
04:29 because of Ghulam Sarwar Khan's stupid and ignorant statement.
04:33 So my request is that we expect that
04:38 the UK flights will resume in the next three months.
04:42 You have five airlines.
04:44 One PIA, four private.
04:46 The credit goes to this IWAAN.
04:48 It goes to all of us who are part of this IWAAN.
04:51 It goes to you, Mr. Shahbaz Sharif,
04:53 according to your desire and effort.
04:55 And I want to say this in the leadership of Mr. Dar.
04:59 He is my elder brother.
05:00 He has helped professionally and unashamedly.
05:03 Mr. Dar and Azam-e-Nir Tahrir have helped us.
05:06 We have accepted this bridge and the road.
05:08 And for the Pakistani people abroad,
05:10 this is very good news.
05:12 In three months, if Allah wills,
05:16 the UK flights will resume.
05:18 And after that, the European Union and US flights will resume.
05:21 So sir, I assure you,
05:23 this IWAAN and the Fadal member,
05:26 no one will be unemployed.
05:28 But we will make our airports the best airports.
05:32 Look, my job at Lahore airport is not to plant pots.
05:35 To plant seeds.
05:36 To increase its capacity.
05:38 To develop the space that is not present and visible there.
05:41 I have done all this.
05:43 It should not be run like this.
05:45 You should do what you are supposed to do.
05:47 You will have to bring the best operators
05:49 who operate airports all over the world.
05:51 You will have to bring the private sector
05:53 in your airline to 40%, 35%, 55%, 50% or 25%.
05:58 Whatever the future government decides,
06:00 you will have to bring it.
06:01 Similarly, the railways.
06:03 You may be the regulator of the railways.
06:05 But I have told the railways
06:07 that you cannot be privatized.
06:09 Because the railways are a completely different science.
06:12 In that too,
06:14 the production units,
06:16 and all the loss making,
06:18 if you want to bring them in profit,
06:20 then you will have to bring the experts
06:22 with transparency
06:24 so that they can invest there
06:26 and there is improvement in production and income.
06:28 Thank you.
06:29 Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali
06:34 to ask one question.
