PM resolves to battle 'four ills' in 2019.

Islamabad -- Prime Minister Imran Khan with the dawn of a new year on Tuesday resolved to battle poverty, illiteracy, injustice and corruption in the country in 2019.

In a tweet on Jan 1, the prime minister declared that his government would 'wage jihad against the four ills of our country: poverty, illiteracy, injustice and corruption.'

'InshaAllah 2019 is the beginning of Pakistan's golden era,' the premier promised.

Meanwhile Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to develop a comprehensive business plan to revive Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) as a profitable institution.

The premier said this while chairing a meeting in Islamabad to review the ongoing reforms of the national carrier.

Khan said PIA had become a liability due to the mismanagement and corruption for which taxpayers had to share the burden, the report added.

Expressing satisfaction on the current PIA administration, the...