The newly built Islamabad International Airport is all set to be operational in the coming weeks. According to latest reports, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will be inaugurating it in the mid of April.
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A few months ago, we saw this picture of the airport’s VVIP lounge. As you can see, it doesn’t feature much when it comes to furniture, lights and the overall ambiance of the place:
That was then. This is now:
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Here are some more pictures that give us a better look at how the VVIP lounge is going to look once it’s fully furnished.
Apparently, a visitors gallery has also been set up near the lounge to showcase artworks.
It certainly does seem more alive with the lights on:
What do you think of the Islamabad Airport’s VVIP lounge? Let us know in the comments.
taxpayers money for the VVVIP ? I think we,re a third world country being governed by idiots who think they’re first world citizens. Why should we pay for their perks and privelages
Airports are built and managed by Civil Aviation Authority
CAA is is a profitable organization
CAA earn more than Rs 50+ billion and pays around Rs 5 billion tax per year
So not a penny from tax payer’s money is spent
Criticism with out having knowledge of facts has become fashion!
Mr College do not be that ignorant. Government has earmarked more than 50 Billion Rupees in the federal budget of Pakistan.
Go and study budget allocations before telling these stories. Federal govt is paying for this airport not CAA.
CAA works like Army. The profit belongs to them, but the projects have to be completed by the government and the loss also belongs to the federal gov.
Very silly argument. Revenues generated by any public sector organization goes to exchequer which is then allocated in budget.
Your argument shows as CAA is keeping the money it earns and asks the government to feed it.
College please Sami ka jawab de do….I am desperately waiting….!!!
I am inquiring from “Sami” that he may please provide the source that Govt has provided CAA Rs: 50 billion for construction of Islamabad Airport
This is not for argument sake, its for finding the truth
Kindly read my responses above, will help.
I have alredy gone through Govt buget document there is no allocation amounting to Rs: 50 billion for construction of Islamabd Airport
What are you saying ?? Airport taxes are charged from all passengers on every ticket and spent on useless things like this.
I have no problem with VIP lounges as long as people pay to use it.
What bothers me is that like in the existing Islamabad Airport (BBIAP) the Rawal Lounge is reserved for Politicians, Diplomats, Senior Government & Military officials/People with Connections, etc. who use the without paying a single rupee. Citizen’s taxes are used to maintain such facilities for the elites.
As per CAA Annual report, CAA gets nothing out of airpor tax, its goes directly to Federal Govt.
As for as High ups using VIP/VVIP Lounge, they are mostly business class customers of airlines and state guests etc.
In my opnion there is no harm in providing VIP Lounges/facilities to business class customers who pay extra.
What do you think ?
I get free access to lounges in Pakistan, my non-Pakistani banks pay for it and provide me this as complimentary service.
Infrastructure is the backbone for tourism industry if you want to compete with India china than look their airports……….look this as an investment if you have no proper infrastructure than tourist wound’t come……take an example of Dir and Swat…..Dir is much beautiful than swat but that is infrastructure which attracts the tourist to swat so be positive and appreciate the good work……Pakistan is much behind in quality and beautiful airports…..our neighbor are much ahead…..
For your ignorance this is visitors’ lounge which is in every international airport of any country, it is not free but it is to earn money. Visitors pay for it or some sponsoring organization pays for it, like your bank will pay if you are their priority customer.
My two banks give me premium lounge access, I do not pay for it but my banks do. My banks are not Pakistani banks so you can understand how does it work, it is not free.
If you do not have lounge key access you pay for it, in Pakistan it costs Rs.1000, in rest of the world it starts from $25.
So your’e saying that your money (tax payers money ) was used to buiild something that you or your bank have to pay to use ? Hahahahaha … i hope you can see the irony here . It’s your vvip lounge that you should be able to use for free but instead you or your bank is paying for it . And where do you think the bank is getting the money to pay for it ? Trees ? No. It’s you again .
Loot in the name of airport. Nothing looks premium.
So what is premium then?
Experience Changi. You wouldn’t have asked if you had visited. KLIA, HEATHROW, CHANGI, ETC. PREMIUM, DIFFERENCE, YOU GOT DUMBO.
What special did you see there?
Not you for sure ;-)
Try booking two way ticket from Singapore-Pakistan by any airline and you will come to know that you are charged twice in comparision to local booking.
Then just compare the traffic of above airports and Pakistani Airports
Simple maths the airports you are refering are earning a lot so affoard to spend
This is the most prominent jerk. Ignore this pathetic creature.
Islamabad airport is having same traffic as these airports you mentioned ?
Traffic generates revenue, revenue generates facilities. Thank you!!
Changi: around 65 m (all international flights)
HEATHROW : 70+ m
Islamabad: around 40 m (including subsidised routes for northeren areas)
Hope that after inaguration of new Islamabad Airport, tourism may increase.
Uncle, this is not your forte.
They have created a mini 7 Star Hotel!
I would say 4 star only…… 7 Star u don’t know — what that is :)
Dubai was a desert with tents about 50 -60 years before….. they made beautiful building and now see…… Its advisable not to comment when you have less knowledge……The problem is we will spoil this also very soon…..
What you are doing is like a 16 years old who just had an international travel and thinks rest of the world hasn’t been there where he reached “first”.
How much did that toilet (kamod) in that last pic cost? Probably couple million rupees going by how costs for this airport have blown up from initial estimates. Of course, one must also not forget how much money was wasted on PM House’s toilets in this same government’s tenure, before trying to guess cost of this VVIP toilet.
Perhaps it should fire couple inverted metallic “V” into whichever VVIP sits on top of it.
Why don’t you use “right to information” and ask for information before you use your tiny brain to estimate cost of it?
At the end this lounge will earn for government (read my posts above if you can), installing one in your toilet will not earn government anything, you will still be thankless.
Where is the pictures of lounges ??