What’s the rush to privatise PIA?

Now that it can fly to Europe again and the with the defence minister saying that it will soon be flying to several European cities - and May resume operations to the UK by end February - why the rush?

Reopening flights here would mean PIA would be able to capitalise on its clear advantage over the MENA airlines since all its flights to Europe and UK would be direct which means 30-50% reduced travel time 

Given such a situation it’s quite likely that its revenue will rise and the government should wait before it sells it - at the very least it should wait a year to see how much of its losses it can reduce before it considers selling it off

Also, the previous privatisation attempt ended in embarrassment for the government - and yes the situation has changed with resumption of flights to Europe - but best option would be to wait and see and let the airline raise its revenue