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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.
FIA apprehends CAA high-ups, pilot in fake licenses fiasco
The corporate crime cell registers four cases in Karachi naming six aviation officers and two pilots
FIA HQ Islamabad. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
Pakistan s top investigation agency on Friday arrested six people for their alleged involvement in a scandal involving fraudulently obtained pilots licences that came to light after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) jet crashed last year, officials said. Five Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) officials and a pilot have been arrested, the Federal Investigation Agency said in a statement, adding that at least 40 pilots and eight officials from the CAA s licence branch have been named in three cases registered by the agency s corporate crime wing.
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency has started the process of attaching properties owned by the Shaheen Airlines International (SAI), whose licence has been suspended since 2018, as part of its investigations into a money laundering case against the management, it emerged on Friday.
According to officials and documents reviewed by Dawn, the FIA registered a case against SAI in 2020 for causing a loss of Rs2.1 billion to the Civil Aviation Authority.
Besides, the airline was also accused of causing a loss of Rs200 million to Sialkot Airport, FIA deputy director Rauf Sheikh said.
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The airline had also committed ‘wilful default’ amounting to Rs11bn against the Habib Bank Limited and Rs50m wilful default against the United Bank Limited, he said, adding the owners established firms in the UAE and purchased properties in Pakistan and abroad with this money.
FIA had registered a case against Shaheen Air last year on the charges of causing a loss of Rs2.1 billion to the Civil Aviation Authority. Wikimedia commons
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has initiated the process of attachment of properties, including aircraft, of the Shaheen Air International (SAI) in a money laundering case against several executives of the now-liquidated airline, it emerged on Friday.
The agency had registered a case against SAI last year on the charges of causing a loss of Rs2.1 billion to the Civil Aviation Authority, according to officials and documents reviewed by
Dawn.
The air carrier also allegedly caused a loss of Rs200 million to the Sialkot International Airport, said FIA deputy director Rauf Sheikh. Moreover, it allegedly committed willful default amounting to Rs11 billion against the Habib Bank Ltd (HBL) and Rs50m default against United Bank Ltd (UBL).