Tue, 21-Oct-2025

262 Suspended pilots’ educational credentials and licenses are authentic

262 Suspended pilots' educational credentials and licenses are authentic

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Aviation has revealed that the educational credentials and licenses of 262 suspended pilots are authentic but irregularities have come to light in the verification process on which the licenses of 28 pilots have been revoked while 80 have been suspended. During the meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Aviation, Secretary … Read more

Licenses of 96 Pakistani pilots in foreign airlines declared clear

Licenses of 96 Pakistani pilots in foreign airlines declared clear

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has cleared the licenses of 96 Pakistani pilots working for foreign airlines. The process of verification of licenses of Pakistani pilots in foreign airlines is underway and Director General (DG) Civil Aviation Authority Hassan Nasir Jami has written a letter to the Oman Civil Aviation Authority. According to the text … Read more

NAB receives asset details of Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar

Ghulam Sarwar

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has received details of the properties owned by Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan and his family.

According to sources, the anti-corruption watchdog sought the property details of the minister and members of his family from the Rawalpindi revenue department in connection with its ongoing investigation into his assets.

The property details provided to the bureau included information on commercial and agricultural land owned by him.

However, the sources relayed that the accountability bureau will seek further asset details of the minister from the Federal Board of Revenue and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

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Aviation Minister’s ‘Mindless’ Speech Led To Ban On PIA: Shehbaz Sharif

Aviation Minister's 'Mindless' Speech Led To Ban On PIA: Shehbaz Sharif

Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif blamed Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan for banning Pakistan International Air (PIA) from other countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom. In a statement on the social networking site Twitter, Shehbaz Sharif said that “Ban on PIA imposed by several … Read more

Pakistan International Airlines fires 52 employees

PIA

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) fired 52 employees on charges of forgery or tampering with degrees, violating rules, and providing unauthorized government information to the media. According to the reports, certificates of appreciation were also given to 11 employees for their full commitment in performing their duties. Following the revelation in the National Assembly that the … Read more

Malaysia suspends Pakistani pilots awaiting license confirmation from CAA

Malaysia suspends Pakistani pilots awaiting license confirmation from CAA

While Pakistani authorities are verifying the credentials of their pilots, Malaysia’s aviation regulator says it has temporarily suspended pilots with Pakistani licenses employed by local airlines. Note that Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan had disclosed in Parliament that 262 pilots of Pakistan International Airlines had obtained ‘suspicious’ licenses, after which aviation authorities of … Read more

Forensic inquiry revealed 236 suspicious pilots from 2010 to 2018

Forensic inquiry revealed 236 suspicious pilots from 2010 to 2018

Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi said the forensic inquiry from 2010 to 2018 revealed 236 suspicious pilots who have been suspended. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad along with Information Minister Shibli Faraz and Advisor to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shehzad Akbar, Ali Zaidi said that the PPP was trying to … Read more

Shibli Faraz accuses PML-N and PPP of destroying State institutions

Shibli Faraz

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz has accused PML-N and PPP of destroying the state institutions and said that PML-N and PPP have been reaping political benefits by making political recruitments and now they are showing concerns. Talking to media, Shibli Faraz said that PIA and Pakistan Steel Mills were heavily politically … Read more

Degrees of 28 PIA pilots turned out to be fake, 9 confessed to the crime

Degrees of 28 PIA pilots turned out to be fake, 9 confessed to the crime

Federal Minister for Civil Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said that the degrees of 28 pilots in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have been proved to be fake, 4 ghost pilots have been fired in recent days. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the Federal Minister for Aviation said that the lists of 148 suspected licensed … Read more

PIA decides to suspend 150 pilots over suspicious licenses

PIA's important decision regarding domestic flights

The management of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to ground 150 of its pilots. According to the details, Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan revealed in the National Assembly on Wednesday that a large number of commercial pilots had obtained “suspicious licenses”. “About 150 pilots are being grounded,” PIA spokesman Abdullah Hafeez said. He said … Read more

PIA Crash: Report presented in NA; holds pilot prime responsible

PIA

Federal Minister for Aviation, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, in National Assembly today, presented an initial investigation report on the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash. Speaking in the House, the minister blamed the plane’s captain, crew members, and the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) for the crash, while PIA and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have also … Read more

PIA plane crash: Investigation report will be handed over to aviation division today

PIA

Investigators have prepared the report in the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) PK-8303 plane crash and will hand it over to the aviation division today (Monday). The report includes the pilot’s conversation with the air traffic controller, flight data records, CCTV footage of the landing and the cockpit voice recorder data, among other things. The PK-8303 … Read more

PIA plane crash: 12-year-old injured in the mishap passes away in Karachi

PIA

A 12-year-old girl injured in the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash passed away on Monday (today). Maida was a resident of Malir’s Jam Kunda Goth and worked at a house in Model Colony. She was injured on May 22 when the ill-fated PK-8303 crashed in the neighbourhood. A fire broke out after the plane … Read more

PIA Plane crash: Decision to include psychiatrists in investigation team

PIA

Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan confirmed that it was decided to include medical experts and psychiatrists in the team investigating the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-8303, which crashed in a residential area near Karachi Airport. According to the details, Medical experts and psychiatrists joining the investigation team will review the history of … Read more

PIA Plane Crash: 20 houses, 24 vehicles destroyed, survey report

PIA Plane Crash: 20 houses, 24 vehicles destroyed, survey report

The final report released by the city administration on the damage caused by the plane crash in Jinnah Garden area of ​​Model Colony on May 22 states that 18 houses were partially destroyed and 2 completely destroyed. It should be noted that the federal government has taken the responsibility of compensating the financial losses caused … Read more

PIA Plane Crash: PTI leaders announce aid to injured domestic workers

PIA Plane Crash: 20 houses, 24 vehicles destroyed, survey report

Pakistan Tehreeh-e-Insaf Central Leader and Member National Assembly Aftab Siddiqui and Advisor to the Minister for Maritime Affairs Mahmood Maulvi have announced Rs 5 lakh to three domestic workers injured in a plane crash. According to the details, affected girls used to work in houses in Model Colony, a 12-year-old girl’s face is 30% affected, … Read more

Sania Mirza pens down an emotional note to tribute plane crash martyrs

Sania Mirza

Eid-ul-Fitr this year is quite different amidst the global pandemic and just days after a horrible PIA plane tragedy. Tennis star Sania Mirza took to social media to express her sympathies on the current situation of the country and remembers plane crash martyrs just before two days of Eid. Taking to Facebook, she wrote a lengthy emotional … Read more

Chinese FM expresses sincere sympathies over PIA plane crash

Chinese FM Wang Yi

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has condoled to Shah Mehmood Qureshi over the unfortunate PIA plane crash mishap. In a message to his Pakistani counterpart, Wang Yi expressed deep sorrow and sympathies to the families of the deceased. He said the Chinese people are firmly standing together with the Pakistani people at this sad moment. … Read more

PIA plane crash: Airbus team arrives in Karachi for investigation

PIA plane crash

Airbus team arrives Karachi today (Monday) to investigate the cause of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane PK-8303 crash which took place on Friday. Around 97 passengers including the crew members lost their lives and only two survived miraculously in the plane crash which took place in Karachi’s Model Colony area. However, no resident of … Read more

Queen Elizabeth is saddened to hear the tragic PK-8303 crash

Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth is much saddened to hear the great loss of PIA plane crash and has condoled with President Arif Alvi and the families of martyrs in the PK-8303 crash. In a statement posted on the Royal Family’s official Twitter account, the Queen said she and Prince Phillip were saddened by the news. “We send our … Read more

Ghulam Sarwar, CEO Arshad Malik assure the transparent inquiry of the crash incident

Ghulam Sarwar Arshad Malik

CEO Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Arshad Malik on Saturday said that I am obliged to provide all the documents that will be requested for investigation regarding plane crash incident. CEO Arshad Malik while briefing media said that I will present whoever is held responsible for the incident which claimed 97 lives with 2 survivors. DNA … Read more

Dirilis: Ertugrul team pour in condolences over PIA plane crash mishap

Dirilis: Ertugrul team

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash took 97 lives on Friday and has left the nation in deep grief and tearing eyes. Where many Pakistani celebrities and world leaders pour in their condolences to the families of the victims, the cast of Dirilis: Ertugrul is also saddened to hear about the tragic incident. However, … Read more

Saudi King, Crown Prince yearn over precious lives loss in plane crash

Saudi Leadership

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have expressed their deepest over the unfortunate PIA plane crash in Karachi that claimed 97 lives. According to the details, the Saudi leadership, in a cable of condolences to President Dr. Arif Alvi, also wished speedy recover to the injured and survivors. Prime … Read more

PIA plane crash: List of identified victims of PK-8303

PIA plane crash-PFSA collects DNA samples from 52 victims

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA’s) aircraft that crashed at Karachi’s Model Colony area on May 22, has a total of 107 members on board. Out of which two people miraculously survived. The process of identifying PK-8303 victims has begun in different Karachi’s hospitals. DNA samples have been taken to be matched with relatives. Jinnah Postgraduate … Read more

PIA plane crash: PM Khan approves summary to probe the mishap

PIA Plane Crash: 20 houses, 24 vehicles destroyed, survey report

Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved the summary to form an investigation team to probe PIA plane crash mishap. According to the details, the PM house has written a letter to the secretary aviation division. It asked the investigation team to commence its probe of the PIA plane crash mishap immediately. “Investigation team should start … Read more

Turkish star Esra Bilgic shares her condolences over Zara Abid

esra bilgic

Famous Turkish actress also shared her sadness over Zara Abid as she was in the plane crash. Dirilis: Ertugrul star Halima Sultan commented on the last picture of Zara Abid on Instagram. Esra Bilgic wrote, ” I’m really sorry for being late to follow you back, Zara. All Pakistan and Zara’s family, please accept my … Read more

Ayeza Khan was not in PIA flight, she termed it a ‘Fake News’

Ayeza Khan

Pakistani actress Ayeza Khan has rejected rumours regarding onboard at Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft which crashed near Karachi airport today. According to unofficial reports, popular actress Ayeza Khan was onboard at the PIA’s airplane along with her husband Danish Taimoor.  However, Ayeza took to her official Instagram handle and thrashed rumours calling it a … Read more