Expressing concerns over the deteriorating condition of various airports in the country, the Senate Standing Committee on Aviation has directed the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to bring improvement in the aviation services and revamp the aviation system.
The Senate panel, which met at the Parliament House on Thursday with Senator Hidayat Ullah in the chair, discussed in detail the plight of airports with regard to the lack of proper services and facilities.
“The Aviation performance rate of Pakistan is 0.3 percent as compared to the world,” Senator Saleem Mandviwala regretted.
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The committee brought under consideration the questions raised by Senator Naseebullah Bazai and Bahramand Khan Tangi regarding the details of postings and service group.
Secretary Aviation informed the members that the information pertaining to the previous service record of DG CAA needed to be obtained from the Establishment Division as the same was the competent forum for posting of PAS officers. He said the posting policies had been changed with the changing governments, adding that making policies and their enforcement was the federal government’s mandate.
The committee also deliberated on the matter of the transfer of 123-kanal and 16-marla land out of 4023 kanals and 1 marla to its co-owners taken by CAA for the construction of Islamabad International Airport.
