IANS | 10 Feb, 2016
Workers of the Pakistan's state-owned airlines announced that they have
called off strike against a government privatisation plan after they
were invited for talks to listen to their demands.
The nearly
one-week strike brought the flight operation of the Pakistan
International Airlines (PIA) to a complete standstill, affecting
thousands of passengers. Hundreds of international and domestic flights
were cancelled during the strike.
Two PIA employees were also killed when the law enforcement agencies clashed with the protesting workers in Karachi last week.
The government planned PIA's privatisation as it runs into losses mainly because of over-staffing.
The
government was involved in talks with the leaders of the employees that
led to the end of the strike, chairman of employees' Joint Action
Committee, Sohail Baloch said in Karachi Tuesday evening.
He
asked the PIA employees to offer their full cooperation in resuming the
flight operation of the national flag carrier. Baloch said a delegation
of the union will soon meet officials to sort out issues, adding that
the government has assured its every possible cooperation.
As the PIA employees ended strike, normal flight operation started on Tuesday, PIA spokesman Daniyal Gilani said.
