ECP throws a spanner in caretaker govt's plans for privatisation of PIA

 The top electing body guides overseer central government to shun making any further strides

Monday, February 05, 2024


ECP secretary looks for every single pertinent report.

ECP prevents govt from consenting to arrangement till choice made.

Overseer govt will not take any significant strategy choice: Segment 230

ISLAMABAD: The Political race Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has prevented the middle from privatizing the public banner transporter Pakistan Global Carrier (PIA), The News provided details regarding Monday.


The ECP made this move under Segment 230 of the Decisions Act, which characterizes the job of an overseer government.


ECP Secretary Dr Asif Hussain kept in touch with Secretary Bureau Division Kamran Ali Afzal and looked for every one of the reports, connected with the privatization of the PIA.


The top constituent body guided the overseer central government to cease from making any further strides, including consenting to an arrangement till a choice is made by the ECP under Segment 230.


As per Segment 230, which concerns the elements of a guardian government (1) An overseer government will — (a) carry out its roles to go to everyday issues important to run the undertakings of the public authority; "(c) limit itself to exercises that are standard, non-dubious, dire, in the public interest, and reversible by the future government chose after the races; and "(2) The guardian government will not — (a) take significant strategy choices besides on earnest matters; (b) go with any choice or an arrangement that might affect or pre-empt the activity of power by what was in store chosen government".


A duplicate of the letter, accessible with The News, peruses, "Benevolently allude your letter No.2/1-2024-PS (CS) dated January 27, 2024, on the above subject. The matter brought up in your letter was set before the Political decision Commission, which after due assessment of the issue, in the illumination of Segment 230 of the Races Act, 2017, and provision 5(b) of the Privatization Commission Statute 2000, has coordinated that you be mentioned to give all important records ready to endorsement of the bureau, containing complete privatization program comparable to privatization of PIA, to this commission for audit".


The ECP further coordinated that the overseer government ought to shun making any further strides including consenting to of an arrangement till a choice is made by the commission under Segment 230. The letter calls upon the secretary Bureau Division to make a fundamental move according to the course of the Political race Commission for example give the connected records, privatization program comparable to privatization of PIA to this commission for survey.

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