Islamabad:
The government led by Shehbaz Sharif has decided to leave an investigation into the controversial declaration of the former Minister of Aviation of Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan in Parliament which led to the ban on flights Pakistan Airlines (PIA) to Several countries.
The Law Ministry had initially proposed an investigation into the circumstances and reasons for Khan’s remarks, which suggests that the responsibility is fixed and that legal proceedings are engaged.
However, sources have revealed that the government had advised the investigation committee to focus solely on the evaluation of financial losses and reputation damage rather than the continuation of the prosecution in court, in order to avoid An unnecessary international examination.
Some members of the cabinet said that the facts of the declaration had been exaggerated due to the internal fruits between Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and the civil aviation Authority (CAA).
During a recent meeting of the cabinet, the ministers expressed serious concerns about the repercussions of the declaration of the former minister. Some members of the cabinet stressed that the internal breeds between PIA and civil aviation Authority (CAA) had led to exaggerated complaints in its remarks.
It was also observed that attracting more attention to the issue could be harmful, especially since the aeronautical industry in Pakistan is recovering after years of reverse. PIA flights to Europe have resumed, and the United Kingdom and the European Union lead air-security audits to consider the ban on the ban on the United Kingdom.
Pressing the problem at this stage could do more harm than good. Consequently, the investigation committee of the facts was invited to stick to the evaluation of financial losses and reputation damage, away from legal action or blame – of movements that could invite undesirable international attention.
The cabinet was informed that the High Court of Islamabad (CIH) had already heard a request from an individual saying that Khan’s declaration had caused the PIA reputation damage. The petitioner asked for Khan’s disqualification as a member of the National Assembly.
However, the IHC refrained from intervening in the case, declaring that the court was aware that the Prime Minister and the members of the cabinet “will not hesitate to carry out a minister or any other official if they are judged in some way that the interests of the state or the reputation of professional pilots and the carrier of national flag “.
In the light of the Court’s observations, the cabinet had refrained from taking up the question. Consequently, the ministry of Law proposed that the cabinet establishes an investigation committee of the reference conditions to investigate the circumstances and the reasons for the hasty declaration of Khan and assess the financial losses suffered by the National Treasury .
The committee’s mandate also included the evaluation of reputation damage caused to the country and the national airline, as well as determining the appropriate legal plan by identifying responsibility.
The cabinet examined a briefing on a legally tenable proposal, presented by the Division of the Act and the Justice, to investigate the reasons for the Declaration made to the Parliament concerning the pilots of the PIA in 2020.
Consequently, he constituted a cabinet on the committee.
