Privatization couldn't happen... but PIA has reached Europe. When and why was the ban imposed on PIA?

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00:00As a result of the PIA raid, 658 people whose degrees were taken, including 17 pilots and 96 engineers,

00:11including an engineer whose FSE and BSE degrees were also taken, were only matric pass.

00:18Four and a half years later, the flights to Europe of the PIA have been destroyed.

00:25A flight from France to Paris is departing tonight at 12.10 pm.

00:30The routes of the PIA were closed with a lot of hard work and foolishness.

00:36This happened in 2020.

00:38Imran Khan's government, his former minister, the airman Ghulam Sarwar,

00:42stood in the parliament and gave a statement that broke the back of the PIA.

00:49The flights to Europe were cancelled.

00:54What did the airman say?

00:57As a result of the PIA raid, 658 people whose degrees were taken, including 17 pilots and 96 engineers,

01:08including an engineer whose FSE and BSE degrees were also taken, were only matric pass.

01:17What is the value of our words?

01:19This is the echo of the speech in Urdu in the parliament.

01:22Then we saw such echo on the international arena that all the routes to Europe in Pakistan were closed.

01:28Then we saw that on July 1, 2020, the European Union Air Safety Agency

01:34temporarily suspended the permission of the air operations of the European countries of the PIA for six months.

01:41On April 8, 2021, we saw that the travel restrictions were suspended for an indefinite period.

01:48In a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Civil Aviation Authority between June and September 2024,

01:53the PIA flights to Europe and Britain were informed of the importance of the matter.

01:59The Board of Directors was informed that the pilot's license test system has been completely changed

02:05which has improved the level of flight safety.

02:08For four years, safety measures were being taken and the European Aviation Safety Agency

02:13had then audited the PIA and Civil Aviation.

02:16The European Union Aviation had concerns and concerns about safety and management,

02:20which were worked on and removed.

02:23And then on 29 November 2024, it was reported that these restrictions are now being lifted on the routes of the PIA.

02:29During this time, the PIA's surveillance operation continued.

02:32The government of Pakistan wanted to sell 60% of its shares,

02:36but has not been able to get a good share yet.

02:40On 31 October 2024, a share was put up and we saw that it was the first and the only share,

02:46in which only Rs 10 billion was put up, while the government was expecting around Rs 85 billion.

02:52And we saw that now the second share has also started its operation.

02:57So now by opening these routes, it seems that the overall net worth of the PIA will benefit.