ISLAMABAD: Pakistan State Oil (PSO), a state-run company, has expressed its inability to only supply fuel to airports that are losing money if Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport’s profitable fueling facility is put up for auction. PSO officials have asked another state-owned organisation, the Civil Aviation Authority, to adopt a uniform policy for all airports throughout the nation in light of the current financial difficulties.
The country’s largest fuel supplier reminded the federal government that the PSO has already filed a complaint with the competition appellate tribunal against the Competition Commission of Pakistan’s (CCP) directive to tender the existing fuel farm, Eastern Joint Hydrant Depot, at Karachi airport, and notices had been issued to the CAA and other respondents on the matter.
PSO Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Syed Mohammad Taha stated in a letter to the petroleum secretary that the company maintained jet fuel refuelling facilities at 10 airports throughout Pakistan in accordance with international standards and had been spending millions of rupees annually to upgrade and maintain these facilities in order to increase productivity and efficiency.
