The events which unfolded at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad on Tuesday have a lot to say about the state of the political economy of Pakistan. The present quagmire occurred when the management of PIA transferred a number of air routes to the well known Turkish Airlines. Even though the MD of PIA, Mr. Ejaz Haroon, has claimed that an MOU has not been signed between the two parties, still the decision itself has a lot to do with the prevailing economic uncertainty faced by a majority of the population of Pakistan. Recently, a similar event was witnessed in Karachi, where the employees of KESC protested after approximately 5000 people were fired for supposed cost cutting. The KESC protests started in a peaceful manner, but it didn’t take long for such instances in this country to get a little out of hand, and ultimately it did. A number of people were injured when the protests turned violent, and there was considerable amount of losses inflicted on both property and the lives of people. Spearhead Analysis - 10.02.11 Read Complete Article Here: http://www.facebook.com/l/fe4a08wnhr68IH5dQqMTXzKP1KQ;www.spearheadresearch.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=6646#6646
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