LAHORE (The Thursday Times) — Punjab hukumat ne in khabron ki tardeed ki hai ke Air Punjab, jo us ki mansooba-band pehli sarkari malikiyat wali airline hai, khatm kar di gayi hai, aur kaha hai ke mansooba abhi zinda hai lekin US ki Iran ke saath jang aur tel ke bohran ki wajah se is ki raftar sust ho gayi hai.
Punjab ke Secretary Transport Imran Sikandar Baloch ne kaha ke hukumat ka airline ko khatm karne ka koi iraada nahin hai. Unhon ne kaha ke Civil Aviation Authority se is ka licence mil chuka hai, aur jahaz lease par lene ka amal jari hai, jis mein pehle marhale ke liye 6 jahaz rakhe gaye hain.
Wazir-e-Aala Maryam Nawaz Sharif ne hawai raabton ko behtar banane aur sasta safar faraham karne ke liye mansooba manzoor kiya tha. Un ki sadarat mein hone wale jaiza ijlas mein Lahore se Islamabad ko pehla route muntakhab kiya gaya, aur soobai hukumat ne chief executive, chief operating officer aur chief financial officer samet senior managers ki bharti shuru kar di hai.
Eendhan ki oonchi qeematon ne airline shuru karne ke liye waqt mushkil bana diya hai. Eendhan ki laagat Pakistan mein ab bhi oonchi hai kyunke jang ki wajah se tel 100 dollar fi barrel se oopar hai.



