The government put the Pakistan Essential Services (Maintenance) Act of 1952 on PIACL, which allows Pakistan International Airlines Corporation Limited (PIACL) to rescue, evacuate and repatriate Pakistanis and foreigners stranded in several countries.
The law was implemented immediately and for a period of six months.
According to a PIA spokesperson, many Pakistanis and emigrants in several countries after the Covid 19 pandemic are still stranded with expired visas and limited resources.
The spokesman said in a press release that PIACL's services were placed under the Essential Services Act of 1952 with immediate effect and for a limited period of time to ensure an uninterrupted and ongoing operation of rescue, evacuation and repatriation for six months.
What is Essential Services (Maintenance) Act of 1952?
Essential Services (Maintenance) Act 1952 is the law of Pakistan government,which allows the work continuity in special circumstances for further details you can find Here
We hope that by implementing this law, the company's departments and employees will create more synergies to achieve the goal of fully repatriating stranded Pakistanis around the world, and the company will make a positive contribution to this gigantic national Task Service. declared the number of Pakistanis stranded abroad.
The spokesman said the PIA has conducted special flights to repatriate Pakistanis stranded in spite of the risk of a coronavirus and has brought back more than 27,000 people back to thier homeland.
The government is aware of this and recognizes the efforts of the brave men and women of the national flag carrier to endanger their lives by operating more than 160 flights and evacuating more than 27,000 Pakistanis and other nationals.
He said the PIA director received complaints from thousands of people in different countries who were waiting to return to their home country.
The PIA will continue the operation with government approval until the no one Pakistani left behind, he said.
Air Marshal Arshad Malik, executive director of the PIA, said the organization has the full support of all governments and national institutions in this mission for which it is genuinely grateful.
The spokesperson announced that the PIA would also return the bodies of those who died abroad.
