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Qamar rejects polls postponement rumoursHYDERABAD: The Minister for Defence Syed Navid Qamar has said that the government would complete its 5-year term which ends on March 18.
"The elections will be called within 60 days after completion of this term. We hope the elections would be held by May, 2013," he said while talking to the media at Hyderabad Airport here Sunday.
The minister denied that there was any plan to postpone the elections on any pretext. "These are just rumours," he clarified.
He said that it was auspicious for the country that a democratically elected government would complete its constitutional period.
Talking about the state of the country's flag carrier airline, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the minister announced that a fleet pf 8 new aircrafts was being bought on lease for the PIA.
He noted that the biggest problem of the Pakistan International Airlines was the shortage of aircrafts adding that the government was addressing that issue. "We are also increasing the revenue of the PIA," he added.
When asked about the complaints of the business community of Hyderabad about the condition of the runway of Hyderabad Airport, Qamar said the repair work of the runway would be completed within 3 months as soon as the Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) submits a report in that regard.
"After this repair work even the 737 and A20 aircrafts would be able to land at the airport," He said.
The Defence Minister praised the performance of the CAA's Training Center in Hyderabad saying that the aviation staff trained who were
even working in the foreign countries.
In reply to a question he said that the CAA was considering a request by the business community to start cargo service from Hyderabad Airport.
He said that the domestic operations of the PIA were being affected due to the Hujj flights and added that the problem would be resolved by the end of November.
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