National Assembly Standing Com
mittee on Government Assurances directed the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to start flights between Peshawar and Kuala Lumpur.
The com
mittee was informed that PIA authority used to operate two flights per week between Peshawar and Kuala Lumpur. Thereafter, the flights were suspended due to the unknown reasons.
The representative of PIAC informed that they wanted to restore the flights but the travel protocol is
sued by Malaysian Government that no one could travel from Pakistan to Malaysia was the main reason to suspend the operation.
So, it is not possible to start flight operation between Peshawar and Kuala Lumpur.
However, after change in the Malaysian travel policy the PIAC shall consider to start flight operation between Peshawar and Kuala Lumpur.
The Standing Com
mittee directed that PIAC to ensure to start flight operation between Peshawar and Kuala Lumpur on priority basis and its compliance report may be furnished to the com
mittee.
The com
mittee also recommended to pay Engineering Allowance to all of the Engineers at par with Provinces.
The meeting was presided over by the Chairman of the com
mittee, Malik Muh
ammad Amir Dogar and attended by Members National Assembly Mujahid Ali, Shagufta Jumani, Ch
audhary Armghan Subhani, Usman I
brahim, Syed Javed Husnain, Muh
ammad Afzal Khokhar, Syed Javed Ali Shah Jillani, Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, Ch
audhary Aamir Sultan Cheema, Saira Bano, Sher Akbar Khan, MNA/Mover and Mehboob Shah, MNA/Mover.