Efforts afoot to pull PIA out of deficit Ishaq Dar

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar has said all out efforts were being made to bring Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) out of deficit.Talking to media, he said the government had started restructuring of national flag carrier from day one.’Its fleet had been expanded from 18 to 38 which would soon reach 40,’ he added.To a question about privatization of the Steel Mills, he said initially Sindh Government was offered to purchase the Steel Mills.He said civil and military leadership had same goals regarding operation Zarb-e-Azb and eradicating terrorism from the country.Replying to a question he said the Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif had given special instructions to Punjab government for taking strict action in accordance with the law against banned outfits.Ishaq Dar said seminaries and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) were being registered under newly formulated policy.Operation Zarb e Azb would continue till the elimination of last terrorist as civil and military leadership had expressed their resolve in this regard he added.