Islamabad, January 27, 2022 (PPI-OT):10th meeting of the Standing Committee on Aviation was held today at 11:00 am in the Committee Room of Ministry of Aviation Division, Kohsar Block, Pak-Secretariat, Islamabad, under the chairmanship of Haji Imtiaz Ahmed Chaudhary (MNA). The Meeting started with the recitation from the Holy Quran. Afterwards, the Committee proceeded with agenda of the meeting.

The Committee took the briefing regarding Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) for the Financial Year 2022-23, as it is mandatory under rule 201 (6) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly,2017. The Committee reviewed the on-going and up-coming projects of the Ministry in detail and approved all the projects of Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) for the Financial Year 2022-2023

While taking briefing on the issue of bird strikes with aircrafts in Pakistan, the Committee was informed that it was one of the most unavoidable issues being faced by flights, as both, the birds and aero planes had been meant to fly and collision between them is a common event in Pakistan as well as globally.

However, Committee recommended that the Ministry may create liaising mechanism with the respective building control authorities in that regard so that the same issue might be mitigated more efficiently. Moreover, the Committee showed its satisfaction on the existing mechanism of the Ministry for tackling the issue.

Honorable Members/MNAs namely; MS Saira Bano, Malik Karamat Ali Khokhar, Mr. Tahir Iqbal, Mr. Niaz Ahmed Jakhar, Ms. Munawara Bibi Baloch, Ms. Asma Qadeer, Mr. Jai Parkash, Ms. Shahnaz Saleem Malik, Ms. Romina Khursheed Alam, Dr. Darshan, and Mr. Kamal Uddin attended the meeting.

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