LONDON: The deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said that government was making efforts to revive flights to and from the United Kingdom as soon as possible.

The Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister said that ” We have made every effort, even we changed the laws as per the latest requirements of the Aviation Authority of UK to solve the issue of resumption of PIA flights.

He said an irresponsible statement of a minister from the previous government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) grounded all aircraft of Pakistan in Europe, UK and the Western World.

DPM Dar, who is on his official visit to the UK, said the government was taking two more actions of privatization of Pakistan Airlines (PIA) and outsourcing of Islamabad International Airport. He informed that the process was moving on fast track, hoping that it might be completed by 10th of next months.

He pointed out that Pakistan attached high importance to the long-standing partnership with United Kingdom and the real pivot of the bilateral relationship was Pakistani diaspora.

“I believe that the British Pakistanis have proved to be the most articulate, the most diverse and the most effective and vibrant who are contributing not only to the development of the host country but also that of Pakistan,” he added.

He highlighted that the British Pakistani community also happened to be the most politically active community among overseas communities in the UK. “We have two cabinet members, 15 members in house of commons, 11 in house of lords and hundreds of councilors, and mayors and deputy mayors.”

Recalling the worst economic and security situation in the country in 2013, the DPM said the major international financial institutions were declaring Pakistan’s economy as a politically unstable country, projecting it to be getting default within six months. They were also projecting that it might take more than a decade to get of economic quagmire.