ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior chief and former federal minister Khawaja Saad Rafique has opposed the merger of the Civil Aviation Ministry with the Protection Ministry.
Khawaja Saad Rafique, who by no means backs off from criticising his personal authorities’s choice, has just lately opposed the right-sizing coverage of the incumbent authorities.
In a social media put up, Saad Rafique expressed his disappointment over the transfer, calling it an inappropriate choice that would hurt the aviation business.
وزارت ایوی ایشن کو ختم کر کے اسے وزارت دفاع میں ضم کروانا نامناسب فیصلہ ھے،افسوس ھوا !
اس اقدام سے ایوی ایشن انڈسٹری کو نقصان ھو گا-
مسلم لیگ ن کے انتخابی منشور میں ریلویز اور ایوی ایشن کو ملا کر وزارت ٹرانسپورٹ بنانے کا وعدہ کیا گیا تھا-
رائٹ سائزنگ کرنا تھی تو ریلویز ، ایوی…— Khawaja Saad Rafique (@KhSaad_Rafique) February 13, 2025
He identified that PML-N’s election manifesto had promised the formation of a Ministry of Transport by merging Railways and Aviation, slightly than dissolving the Aviation Ministry altogether.
The previous minister additional acknowledged that if “right-sizing” was the target, a extra logical strategy would have been to merge Railways, Aviation, and Ports & Transport beneath a unified Ministry of Transport.
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In accordance with Khawaja Saad Rafique, putting the aviation sector beneath the Ministry of Defence would negatively impression the business’s progress and effectivity.
The assertion of the PML-N stalwart follows after the federal authorities merged the Ministry of Aviation with the Ministry of Defence, abolishing the standing of yet another ministry beneath its rightsizing plan to cut back state expenditures.
The defence ministry has issued a letter concerning the merger to inform the event to all ministries and divisions after finishing the implementation of statutory regulatory orders (SROs) given by the Cupboard Division on February 4.