Policy Research from CDPR

Privatizing PIA

CDPR Chairman Ijaz Nabi discusses in The Herald whether privatizing PIA will help improve its management. He gives the example of Turkish Airlines, where the number of aircrafts tripled, destinations doubled, profits quadrupled and 2000 additional jobs were created after privatization. He argues that privatizing PIA could have similar effects.

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