Supreme Court did not order for staff dismissal: Mushahid Ullah The management of Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) has imposed a ban on union activities through Essential Services Act 1952, which is violation of Basic Human Rights and Industrial Relations Act 2012. Senator Sherry Rehman a member of Senate Standing Committee on Aviation referring towards this ban said the present management of PIA which mostly consists of serving officers of Air Force who are brought on deputation into the PIA, is taking unlawful actions against the Collective Bargaining Agent (CBA) that is the only elected body which represents the low grade employees. The actions of management are entirely in violation of the basic Human Rights and Industrial Relations Act 2012. She urged the PIA management to allow the elected CBA to work peacefully and smoothly in accordance with the provisions of Industrial Relations Act 2012. Earlier, the Parliamentary body criticised the manner in which...

Termination of 121 employees from Pakistan International Airlines including Pilots, cabin crews and low ranking staff by the non-professional management has become laughing stock. Another 377 disciplinary cases were pending against various classes of employees in the PIA for submitting fake or tampered with educational documents, according to the airline spokesperson. On 7 th May the Senate Standing Committee on Aviation called upon the PIA management. The committee met for the sixth time to discuss the issue of PIA employees. Most of the committee members held that terminating staff from service was a drastic action. The Committee referred to the 12 employees who were allowed to retain their jobs in 2017. “If PIA took a lenient view for some, its management should show similar compassion to all its employees and retain them, instead of laying them off. PIA has a category of minor punishment which can be handed down to employees possessing fake degrees,” said committee chai...