PIA sacks deputy MD who earned $50,000 a month

[Amal]

**PIA sacks deputy chief amid political reservations
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KARACHI: Cash-strapped Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Tuesday sacked Deputy Managing Director Salim Sayani after succumbing to pressure from parliamentarians wary of his high perks, officials said.

Sayani’s monthly salary at PIA was said to be an exorbitant $50,000 (Rs4.7 million). While PIA’s spokesman refused to confirm that Sayani earned more than the carrier’s managing director, disgruntled employees have been leaking documents to the media regarding his pay and the perks.

Sayani was tasked with revamping PIA’s Maintenance and Repair Overall (MRO) department. His job was to woo regional airlines into getting their aircraft fixed at PIA’s MRO unit.

His experience was, however, unable to turn the airline’s fortune around.

Sayani was hired during the tenure of former managing director Aijaz Haroon, who himself was mired in a number of controversies.

Before his appointment, Sayani was interviewed by then finance minister Shaukat Tarin and defence minister Ahmed Mukhtar.

Successive CEOs of the carrier, from Tariq Kirmani and Zafar Ahmed Khan to Aijaz Haroon, have all complained about too much political interference in the airline’s affairs. Almost all of them wanted to lay off over 20,000 employees of the PIA, which boasts of one of the highest workers-to-plane ratio.

Tribune

Another feather in the cap of the government. How on earth he was given such an exorbitant salary package at the first place? The deputy MD’s salary of Rs4.7 million is said to be higher than what the MD gets.

Anyone still surprised why PIA has gone to the dogs?

[Amal]

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Sayani was also a part of the negotiating team which clinched a deal for the purchase of five Boeing 777 aircraft on behalf of PIA. The deal was said to be a landmark achievement as the planes were purchased without government guarantees despite the company’s weak financial standing.

This is the same deal about which Transparency International raised serious questions:

PIA violated procurement rules in purchasing Boeing aircrafts:TI

And the then-Defence Minister came for the rescue of the deal:

Mukhtar denies misappropriation in PIA-Boeing agreement

[snowy_winter]

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PPP has the typical culture of appointing the most corrupt and incompetent people for the most important jobs. I bet this guy was also from interior sindh. I wonder why the rest of Pakistan is creating such hue and cry, after all, the mazlum sindhis also have some rights. I bet that PPP will now raise the slogan of breaking away sindh because the rights of sindhis are not being protected as in all of the incompetent guys from the PPP areas in interior sindh should be given 50,000$ jobs.

[rangoli]

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I thought this guy was replaced by Mr.Rao ex air Marshal chief. he failed to save PIA, which is going in billion dollar losses, but he made sure to plunder and loot PIA:mad:

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“the accumulated losses of PIA from Sept 30, 2011 had hiked to Rs 111.543 billion. When the PPP government took over, the figures stood at Rs 42.416 billion”

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[rangoli]

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@snowy_winter

PPP has the typical culture of appointing the most corrupt and incompetent people for the most important jobs. I bet this guy was also from interior sindh. I wonder why the rest of Pakistan is creating such hue and cry, after all, the mazlum sindhis also have some rights.

there is no need to generalize, not every corrupt person is from Sindh:bummer:

[Sachaydino]

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PPP has the typical culture of appointing the most corrupt and incompetent people for the most important jobs. I bet this guy was also from interior sindh. I wonder why the rest of Pakistan is creating such hue and cry, after all, the mazlum sindhis also have some rights. I bet that PPP will now raise the slogan of breaking away sindh because the rights of sindhis are not being protected as in all of the incompetent guys from the PPP areas in interior sindh should be given 50,000$ jobs.

Sayanis are Agha Khani Khojas, have nothing to do with interior Sindh.

[STA]

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@sachaydino

Sayanis are Agha Khani Khojas, have nothing to do with interior Sindh you idiot.

Current President of Pakistan is the most corruptest man in the history of world.

[Sachaydino]

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@STA

Current President of Pakistan is the most corruptest man in the history of world.

You are neither authority nor a reliable person. Hence this nonsense would never be acceptable from you.

[STA]

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@sachaydino

You are neither authority nor a reliable person. Hence this nonsense would never be acceptable from you.

ppp leaders are unreliable, and always talk nonsense in interview and political campaign.

[Naabigh]

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You are neither authority nor a reliable person. Hence this nonsense would never be acceptable from you.

Zaban-e-khalq ko Naqara-e-khuda samjoo :)

[hanibal]

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I bet i can make PIA one of the most successful airline in South Asia if they give me half the salary they paid to this guy turned PIA into almost bankrupt enterprise... but then again, i am no friend of Zardari, neither i know sons and daughters and son in law of Raja Rental and Malik Riaz, so what chances do i have got???

[Captain1]

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I bet i can make PIA one of the most successful airline in South Asia if they give me half the salary they paid to this guy turned PIA into almost bankrupt enterprise... but then again, i am no friend of Zardari, neither i know sons and daughters and son in law of Raja Rental and Malik Riaz, so what chances do i have got???

-10%

[hanibal]

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^^ Still there is some hope, it could have been something like Impossible or -100%

[Amal]

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... i am no friend of Zardari, neither i know sons and daughters and son in law of Raja Rental and Malik Riaz, so what chances do i have got???

Koi 100, 200 crore hey nazr/nazraney ke leeye ya khali haath hi aastaney pe janey ka iraada hey? Remember...lagaaney waaley ko milta hey ;)

[CM]

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5 years in Government and they kick the guy out now? Seriously this government is worse than Afghanistan when it comes to Governance.

[kakaballi]

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5 years in Government and they kick the guy out now? Seriously this government is worse than Afghanistan when it comes to Governance.

PIA is going bankrupt. He would have found a better 'opportunity'.

[Sachaydino]

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Zaban-e-khalq ko Naqara-e-khuda samjoo :)

Zaban-e-Khalq eh?

[Sachaydino]

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@STA

ppp leaders are unreliable, and always talk nonsense in interview and political campaign.

It depends who listen to them? Whether some one has brains or not to think.

[Zero_one]

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I bet i can make PIA one of the most successful airline in South Asia if they give me half the salary they paid to this guy turned PIA into almost bankrupt enterprise... but then again, i am no friend of Zardari, neither i know sons and daughters and son in law of Raja Rental and Malik Riaz, so what chances do i have got???

i would do it for a fifth of what that guy got but i guess my chances r even lower :(

[arain_munda]

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yar mairay ko sirf 05 lakh ruppes salary do jo kaam is bhai sb ne kia tha 4.7 mill le kr kia wo main 0.5 mil le k kr daita