The Balochistan Assembly on Saturday passed a joint resolution calling for an urgent reduction in airfares of airlines from Quetta to other cities of the country which have been “hiked manifold without any justification”.
Mir Sadiq Umrani, the irrigation provincial minister, tabled the resolution in the house on behalf of other movers shortly after the session began.
The session was chaired by Speaker Abdul Khaliq Achakzai.
Mr Umrani, while laying the joint resolution, stated that Balochistan is a poor province and most of its residents go to Karachi and other cities of the country by air for treatment and business because of frequent blockades of Quetta-Karachi and other highways of Balochistan.
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Opposition leader Mir Younas Aziz Zehri asked the federal government to direct PIA to operate more flights for Quetta and other cities of Balochistan.
Mr Zehri added that private airlines must also be requested to operate flights for Quetta as they have suspended their flights to the city.
National Party President Dr Malik Baloch stated that airlines operating flights for Turbat were charging Rs60,000 as fare for one-way ticket.
He also requested that night flight operations in Balochistan must be halted.
The house passed the resolution unanimously.
