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Pakistan mulls transaction structure for second attempt to privatize loss-making national airline

  • Last year, a deal fell through after a potential buyer reportedly offered $36 million for a 60 percent stake in PIA, a fraction of the asking price
  • Pakistan is looking to privatize the debt-ridden airline to raise funds and reform state-owned enterprises as envisaged under a $7 billion IMF program
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Pakistan International Airlines flight lands safely in Lahore with ‘missing wheel’

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Pakistan says privatization of PIA to be completed in three months 

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New York City announces it will close migrant center in Pakistan-owned Roosevelt Hotel

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Pakistan state airline leases two more London Heathrow slots to Saudia for 2025, official says

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IMF okays waiving 18% GST on new planes if Pakistan International Airlines privatized

By SAIMA SHABBIR ·

UK team begins Pakistan aviation audit ahead of resumption of PIA flights

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