KARACHI: Pakistan on Saturday rejected media reports that it had canceled a proposed lease arrangement for the United Arab Emirates to run Islamabad airport, saying no such deal had ever been signed, while confirming that the aviation facility in the capital has been placed in the government’s active privatization program.

The deal fizzled as UAE failed to find a local operator to partner with, but it comes amid wider reshuffling in regional ties

KARACHI: Pakistan on Saturday rejected media reports that it had canceled a proposed lease arrangement for the United Arab Emirates to run Islamabad airport, saying no such deal…