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Pakistan: Names of (Pilot) licence scandal accused on stop-listInternational 2021-02-04, by Editor Comments Off 2
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.
Names of licence scandal accused on stop-list
FIA sends details of around 50 people including CAA officials and pilots to all airports, crossings
Civil Aviation Authority is not conducting the privatisation transaction to hand over three international airports. PHOTO: FILE
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.
A pilot and five officers of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have been arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for allegedly having fake pilot licenses.
The FIA has summoned the Director Licensing CAA, Naeem Iqbal, to its office and has directed him to come with the complete data of licenses.
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The FIA’s corporate crime circle had investigated the issuance of fake pilot licenses and had arrested six employees of the CAA in connection with it. The suspects had allegedly been issued dubious Commercial Pilot License (CPL) and Airport Transport Pilot Licenses (ATPL) after fake pilot license examinations.