New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- UAE has reportedly lost interest in Pakistan's plans of outsourcing the management and operations of Islamabad International Airport to the United Arab Emirates, and shelved the plans aside.

Scrapping of the agreement which has been in talks since August 2025 - came after UAE President Sheikh Nahyan's three-hour surprise-visit to India, mentioned a report by Hindustan Times.

Now, with no progress on the outsourcing front, the Pakistan government has decided to place Islamabad International Airport on the active privatisation list. The move comes close on the heels of the successful privatisation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), reported The Express Tribune.

Sources told The Express Tribune that the UAE's ...