‘Over 30% of pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, not qualified to fly’: Pak aviation minister

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ More than 30 percent of civilian pilots in Pakistan, roughly 1 in every 3, are not qualified to fly and have fake licenses, aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said on Wednesday as reported by CNN. While addressing the national assembly, Khan said that over 260 pilots in Pakistan had paid someone else to take exams on their behalf. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has grounded all its pilots with fake licenses with immediate effect. The country has over 850 active pilots serving various domestic airlines, including the country’s…