The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has shown interest in the privatisation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), aiming to offer a competitive bid. The province's investment board has written to Federal Minister for Privatisation Abdul Aleem Khan, noting its intent to surpass the bid from
Pakistan government's attempt to privatise Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) hit a snag as the only bidder, Blue World City, offered PKR 10 billion for a 60 per cent stake--far below the minimum sale price of PKR 85 billion. The bidding process saw no competition after five other parties
The announcement came a couple of weeks after Pakistan extended the date for submitting expressions of interest. A total of eight companies and consortiums had expressed an interest.