Pakistan: Names of (Pilot) licence scandal accused on stop-listInternational
2021-02-04,
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RAWALPINDI: Authorities have placed names of over 45 people including officials of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) licensing branch and pilots – facing inquiries over fake flying licenses – on the stop-list in order to prevent them from fleeing Pakistan.
Relevant officials at all airports and border crossings in the country are instructed to detain such people if they try to leave the country and also to inform the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Karachi about it.
Fake licenses scandal emerged in the wake of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash in Karachi in May last year. While sharing a report on the crash in which over 90 people perished, the aviation minister had announced to ground 262 pilots on suspicion of having fake licenses.