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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Monday that the national flag carrier had cleared 110 pilots out of the 141 whose licences to fly had been suspended against the backdrop of the fake degrees controversy. Senior advocate Salman Akram Raja, representing the...

KARACHI: The new footage of the PIA airbus PK8303 that crashed on May 22, 2020 in Karachi has established that the aircraft touched down the runway at least four times in the first attempt but the landing gear did not open, causing the fuselage particularly the...

KARACHI: While the Pakistan International Airlines is set to acquire more planes as part of its business plan, it has decided to remove four ATR aircraft from its current fleet of 30 due to an “expensive lease” arrangement. One of the four ATR aircraft was sent to...

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has observed that the verification process of pilots licences conducted by the Aviation Division is dubious, noting that it is now clear that the information that the licences of 262 pilots are fake is incorrect. An inquiry...

IHC declares CAA order of revoking pilot’s licence as null and void ISLAMABAD-The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Tuesday declared the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) order of revoking the license of a pilot as null and void. A single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice...

IHC declares CAA order of revoking pilot’s licence as null and void ISLAMABAD-The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Tuesday declared the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) order of revoking the license of a pilot as null and void. A single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice...

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Athar Minallah on Tuesday observed that the Civil Aviation Authority's procedure of granting licenses to pilots is suspicious. The chief justice noted that the CAA has now clarified that the information...

Islamabad High Court has cancelled the order about board of inquiry that was constituted to conduct inquiry into the licences of pilots in Pakistan. Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Justice Ather Minallah was hearing the case against cancellation of the Airline...

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed a petition seeking contempt proceedings against some government functionaries for appointing Flight Lieutenant Khaqan Murtaza as director general of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The court, however,...

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced a voluntary separation scheme (VSS) for its employees, including pilots and engineers, and asked them to apply for it till Dec 22. A PIA spokesman said on Monday that the VSS package had been prepared...

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has nullified the suspension of licence of a pilot by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), ARY News reported on Tuesday. The plea of pilot Saqlain Akhtar against the suspension of his licence was taken up by the IHC Chief...

Dear Members, Due to the rise in corona virus cases, members are advised to postpone or avoid discretionary professional or personal travel to countries with high levels of confirmed infections, avoid unnecessary visit to public places and take precautionary actions...

Dear Member, Since it is fourth anniversary of PK-661 crash Shuhada, please know that we all are there with Shuhada families to hold their hands. Through this message, we wish to express our deep sympathies and condolences. Please take this comfort in knowing that our...

LAHORE: Former Pakistan hockey captain and legendary forward Shahbaz Ahmad Senior has termed his transfer from Islamabad to Karachi by his parent body PIA as an act of revenge and vows to get a stay-order against the harsh decision. Shahbaz, who led Pakistan to win...

Despite the many promises made by the PTI, before coming to power, that it would retain all national assets such as giant corporations like Pakistan Steel Mills and PIA under the wings of the government and keep them as assets for the nation, this plan has changed....

IN yet another blow to PIA, the European Union Commission has decided to continue its ban on the national carrier’s operations in EU countries. Furthermore, it has asked the country’s aviation regulators to remove safety deficiencies and improve the entire process of...

THE probe into the 2016 plane crash came to an end after four long years with PIA engineers being blamed for the technical faults in the ill-fated aircraft. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is equally responsible for the unfortunate tragedy in terms of poor...

RAWALPINDI: The federal government on Friday appointed retired Flight Lieutenant Khaqan Murtaza as director general of the Civil Aviation Authority, a high-profile position that was vacant for quite some time. A notification on the subject issued by the Establishment...

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly's Standing Committee on Government Assurances asked the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Thursday to ensure paying compensation to the affectees of PIA plane crash tragedy took place in may this year and saw the loss of precious...

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) declared on Tuesday that federal Aviation Secretary Hasan Nasir Jami is unlawfully working as acting director general (DG) of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and directed the government to fill the vacant post of CAA DG...