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Constitution of Pakistan----Art. 184(3)--- Suo motu case/constitutional petition under Art.184(3) of the Constitution regarding irregularities and illegalities in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)---Supreme Court observed that during the year 2012, Pakistan International Airlines had sustained losses after taxation to the tune of Rs.22.43 billion compared to the losses for the year 2011 which stood at Rs.19.29 billion, meaning thereby that for each year losses were increasing and also accumulating on year to year basis; that at present the number of employees, both regular and on contract basis in Pakistan International Airlines exceeded 18000 and their salaries etc. had to be paid out of the income, not profit of business, which the Corporation was undertaking on monthly or annual basis; that the ratio of employees to each aircraft approximately came to 450 even without taking into account work which was outsourced to contractors; that administration of Pakistan International Airlines had never planned to induct new aircrafts otherwise out of its fleet of 28 functional aircrafts, which were 26 years old, they could have replaced the same, either by purchasing new aircrafts or by getting the same on lease; that prima facie, on account of such mismanagement a profit-earning organization, being the only official airline, was making loss year to year; that senior officers of Pakistan International Airlines had flown to attend the proceedings of the present matter but no one amongst them was fully aware of the affairs of the Corporation and whenever questions were put to them, they stated that they had to get figures and they would inform the Court in that behalf on the next date of hearing, which clearly indicated mismanagement in the organization; that only such reforms process would work, which took measures to put Pakistan International Airlines in order, including taking action against those who might be responsible for the wrongs committed in the past, by which a profit-earning organization was turned into a loss making enterprise, and that such a reforms process must also provide a system of checks and balances for the proper running of the affairs of…

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