Will the Federal Cabinet approve PIA’s VSS today?

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The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) will be presented to the federal cabinet for approval today.

According to details, the PIA administration has demanded more than Rs12.8 billion from the federal government for the project. According to the plan, a voluntary separation scheme will be offered to 2,500 to 3,000 employees.

The PIA administration says no employee is being forcibly fired.

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Currently, PIA has 14,576 employees; 11,356 regular and contractual employees, with 3,220 positions outsourced. The Aviation Division claims that 4,505 of the staff is surplus, whereas the PIA management believes around 34pc of the regular and contractual employees are surplus.

As many as 644 outsourced positions are considered surplus, of which 540 belong to the commercial department.

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