Air India wants to shut offices in Pak, but gets no visas

Trying to cut costs by shutting its overseas offices, Air India (AI) is facing a unique problem in Pakistan. Islamabad has refused to grant visas to AI staff who want to go over to wind up operations.
AI has offices in Karachi and Lahore, but no direct flights to Pakistan. “We want to shut down our offices in these two cities as we do not operate from there anymore. Already all the staff have been called back,” AI CMD Arvind Jadhav told The Indian Express.
The airline pays about Rs 32 lakh per annum as rent for the two offices. Earlier, it was decided that Jadhav would visit Pakistan to shut down the offices. But he was denied a visa. He then delegated the task to some senior executives, who too failed to get visas.
02/11/10 Smita Aggarwal/Indian Express

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