Pak fake pilots

On June 25, 2020, Pakistan’s aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan disclosed in the National Assembly that there were 860 active pilots in the country and 260 pilots had not sat their exams themselves and almost 30 per cent of the pilots had fake or improper licence and did not have flying experience. The aviation minister also announced that five senior officials of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had been sacked over the scandal and they could be prosecuted.

Shortly after the minister’s statement, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) grounded 107 pilots suspected of having fake licences and the CAA started verification of their licences.