Pakistan bans air travel for unvaccinated passengersThere is a catch though. Passengers below 18 years may be allowed to travel to Pakistan without a vaccination certificate, while passengers...
01 Oct, 2021, 03.15 PM IST
PIA clears 110 pilots out of 141 whose licences were suspendedPakistan's national flag carrier cleared 110 pilots out of the 141 whose licences to fly were suspended in the backdrop of the fake degrees...
15 Dec, 2020, 01.20 PM IST
Pakistani airlines may face flying ban to 188 countries over pilot licensing issueDue to the licence scam, flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has already been barred from flying to the UK and the European ...
10 Nov, 2020, 10.17 AM IST
International civil aviation body advises Pakistan to suspend issuance of new pilot licensesA Pakistani aviation ministry official told Reuters that the country has not issued any new licenses since July, in the wake of the scandal.
25 Sep, 2020, 02.35 PM IST
US bans PIA operations over dubious licences issue: ReportThe decision has been taken after 262 Pakistani pilots were grounded, whose licences the Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan had termed “d...
10 Jul, 2020, 04.25 PM IST
Deadly crash and fake pilots expose Pakistan’s broken airlineInvestigations into at least three major crashes in Pakistan in the past decade found the pilots were either at fault or didn’t follow guid...
09 Jul, 2020, 10.05 AM IST
Pakistan aviation authority suspends licenses of 34 more PIA pilotsPakistan's aviation authority has suspended the licenses of 34 more pilots of Pakistan International Airlines on suspicion of holding fake ...
08 Jul, 2020, 05.34 PM IST
Pakistan's closest ally in SE Asia ground Pak-origin pilots over fake licence scamPakistan has a total of 860 pilots, 107 of whom work for foreign airlines. Countries have started grounding Pakistan pilots. The European U...
04 Jul, 2020, 10.37 AM IST
Islamabad’s traditional allies in Gulf plan to suspend Pakistan origin pilots in their carriersThere are reports that Kuwait Airways, one of the oldest Airways in West Asia has grounded all its seven pilots of Pakistani origin. More t...
29 Jun, 2020, 09.22 AM IST
262 pilots in Pakistan hold fake licenses: Aviation MinisterThe decision comes at a time when an initial inquiry into a PIA plane crash was presented before the parliament by the country's aviation m...
25 Jun, 2020, 10.32 PM IST
Human error caused Pakistan plane crash that killed 97: Initial reportPakistan's aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said the pilots had been discussing the coronavirus pandemic as they attempted to land the ...
24 Jun, 2020, 02.24 PM IST
Pakistan yet to decide on airspace restrictionsPak had earlier closed airspace for a few months after India carried out air raid at Balakot; curbs were later lifted. We have reserved the...
04 Sep, 2019, 07.12 AM IST
Pakistan airspace remains open for Indian flightsFollowing the Balakot air strikes, Pakistan had closed its airspace on February 26.
08 Aug, 2019, 05.14 PM IST
Pakistan suffers over Rs 8 bn in losses due to airspace closurePakistan has incurred a loss of over ₹8 billion due to the closure of its airspace following the Balakot air strikes in February by the Ind...
19 Jul, 2019, 01.46 PM IST
Saudi Arabia joins One Belt China corridor, announces $10 billion project in PakistanPakistan wants to attract investment and other financial support to tackle a soaring current account deficit caused partly by rising oil pr...
13 Jan, 2019, 12.41 PM IST
16 ministers from PM Imran Khan's Cabinet sworn-inSixteen ministers from Prime Minister Imran Khan's 21-strong Cabinet were sworn-in today as the formation of Pakistan's federal government ...
20 Aug, 2018, 01.15 PM IST
- Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor's ancestral homes to get heritage status
Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor in Pakistani city of Peshawar will be given the status of national heritage sites.
18 Dec, 2011, 04.02 PM IST