{"id":55986,"date":"2024-11-13T14:27:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T09:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=55986"},"modified":"2024-11-13T14:27:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T09:27:43","slug":"kp-govt-reaffirms-interest-in-acquiring-pia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/kp-govt-reaffirms-interest-in-acquiring-pia\/","title":{"rendered":"KP govt reaffirms interest in acquiring PIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has reaffirmed its interest in acquiring a stake in<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/overseas-pakistanis-offer-rs100-billion-to-purchase-pia\/\"> Pakistan International Airlines<\/a> (PIA), submitting a competitive bid that surpasses the Rs10 billion offered by the<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/blue-world-city-company-holding-over-200-firs-submits-sole-rs10bn-bid-for-pia-acquisition\/\"> Blue World Consortium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up letter to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/not-for-cheap-sale-pakistans-privatization-minister-stands-firm-on-pia-valuation\/\">Federal Privatisation Minister<\/a> Abdul Aleem Khan, Hassan Masood Kunwar, Vice-Chairman of the KP Board of Investment and Trade (KP-BOIT), requested an update on the proposal, emphasizing the strategic importance of the bid.<\/p>\n<p>The KP government intends to preserve and revitalize PIA, restoring its status as the national flag carrier while aligning with Pakistan&#8217;s broader national interests.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has expressed strong support for the bid, ensuring considerable resources and support to achieve these goals. KP-BOIT has also shown a willingness to discuss the proposal in further detail with the federal government, outlining its strategic vision and competitive bid.<\/p>\n<p>The KP government&#8217;s interest in acquiring PIA stems from concerns over the airline&#8217;s potential sale to private or foreign-backed entities. Chief Minister Gandapur has criticized the Sharif family for attempting to acquire PIA &#8220;for next to nothing,&#8221; emphasizing KP&#8217;s commitment to public service and national interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has reaffirmed its interest in acquiring a stake in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), submitting a competitive bid that surpasses the Rs10 billion offered by the Blue World Consortium. In a follow-up letter to Federal Privatisation Minister Abdul Aleem Khan, Hassan Masood Kunwar, Vice-Chairman of the KP Board of Investment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":31992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[23947,12983,12982],"class_list":["post-55986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-kp-govt-to-acquire-pia","tag-pakistan-international-airlines-pia","tag-pia-privatization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55987,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55986\/revisions\/55987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}