Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan has blamed ‘Indian lobby’ for last month’s seizure of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger airplane in Malaysia. He expressed these views while talking to reporters in Taxila. He further said that the former government of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) used to purchase PIA aircraft from a foreign […]
The list of the pilots possessing ‘dubious’ licenses that the Civil Aviation Department (CAA) has submitted to PIA is replete with errors, days after Federal Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said the government has asked airlines to ground 262 pilots until an investigation into their qualifications is completed. The list contains names of 39 pilots who […]
The international media and airline bodies are shocked at Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan’s claim that 150 pilots of the national flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) had fake licences. International Air Transport Association (IATA) has expressed concern over the ‘serious lapse’ in the licensing and safety oversight by the aviation authorities. The credibility […]