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  In order to make Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) a profitable entity and to bring back the lost glory of our national-flag carrier, the incumbent Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif just last month has decided to add new Boeing 777 carriers to the PIA fleet. With work being done to restore the country’s airline carrier, it is constantly being stressed that PIA needs to be made into a profitable unit and …

  Certainly, it is not the business of the state to do business. It is the private sector, which has to run the businesses under the patronage and facilitation of the government. The government should only play the role of regulator and facilitator of corporate businesses. Since 1990, the country sold off 167 SOEs. During 1997-2000, the complete denationalization of the banking sector was carried out. A privatization program was …