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title: "Privatisation Commission working on sale of 17 state-owned enterprises"
description: "Most outlets led with the Privatisation Commission's plan to sell 17 state-owned enterprises, including nine DISCOs, banks, and insurance companies, and to outsource three major airports. Profit added that adviser Muhammad Ali called for sustained reforms and greater private investment, while Business Recorder also noted the inclusion of airports and banks in the privatisation basket."
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# Privatisation Commission working on sale of 17 state-owned enterprises

business · updated 23 Oct 2026, 9:00 AM PKT · 23 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the Privatisation Commission's plan to sell 17 state-owned enterprises, including nine DISCOs, banks, and insurance companies, and to outsource three major airports. Profit added that adviser Muhammad Ali called for sustained reforms and greater private investment, while Business Recorder also noted the inclusion of airports and banks in the privatisation basket.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Profit** — [Pakistan moves to privatise 17 state-owned enterprises, outsource three major airports](https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/10/23/pakistan-moves-to-privatise-17-state-owned-enterprises-outsource-three-major-airports) · 23 Oct 2026, 9:00 AM PKT
  > Privatisation Commission pursuing transactions involving nine power distribution companies, banks and insurance firms; adviser Muhammad Ali calls for sustained reforms and greater private investment
- **Business Recorder** — [Airports, banks & insurance cos in the basket: PC working on sell-off of 17 SoEs, including 9 DISCOs](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40445560/airports-banks-amp-insurance-cos-in-the-basket-pc-working-on-sell-off-of-17-soes-including-9-discos) · 23 Oct 2026, 5:34 AM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission is working on the privatisation of 17 state-owned enterprises, including nine power distribution companies, as well as the outsourcing three major airports and transactions involving banks and insurance companies. Advisor to the Prime Minister on Privatisation and Chairman of the Privatisation Commission Muhammad Ali stated this while speaking at the CEO ...

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2 articles from 2 outlets, 23 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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