Bilawal forms committee to engage with govt over privatisation

ISLAMABAD (HRNW) – Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has constituted a committee to engage with the government over privatisation issues.

According to a notification issued by the PPP Chairman’s Secretariat, the committee comprises Sherry Rehman, Syed Naveed Qamar and Saleem Mandviwalla.

The coalition government has already formed a commission which is actively pursuing the matter of privatisation of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), including the Pakistan International Airlines and the Pakistan Steel Mills etc.

In April, the Privatisation Commission invited bids from the interested parties so that the government could dispose of PIA’s 51 per cent shares.