Ghulam Sarwar Khan

2020-06-25T16:30:01+00:00

Transportation • Air Transportation & Traffic, Flying

More than 30% of civilian pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses

PIA international airoplane **Credit:** Shadman Samee (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0)

Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Pakistan's aviation minister, revealed 262 pilots in the country paid someone else to take the pilot license exam on their behalf. Pakistan has 860 active pilots serving its domestic airlines, including the country's flagship PIA.

Khan said that pilots holding fake licenses or degrees, working in any airline, will be grounded immediately.

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