Tag: #AviationMinister
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Special PIA flight returns from Syria
Special flights of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) are departing for Najaf, Baghdad, and Damascus. According to reports, the PIA aircraft was carrying 322 passengers when it landed on Syrian soil after almost 27 years. The national flag carrier was greeted with a water gun salute at the Damascus airport. Minister for Aviation, Ghulam Sarwar Khan,…
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A Tale of Woes
The Nation was yet to recover from the affliction caused by the sore calamity of PIA crash “PK8303” on the 22nd May 2020, but for some, it became an opportunity to gain the limelight. On June 24, 2020, The Aviation Minister “Ghulam Sarwar Khan” was to submit a preliminary report for the painful ordeal, instead,…
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Failures of National Aviation Policy and difficulties in Aviation Business
Lahore, 9th April, Press Release by Imran Aslam Khan: Plight of the Aviation industry is well known as we are going through the most difficult time in aviation history with one ban or another like EASA, EU and ICAO. Imran Aslam stated if the Aviation Minister lacks the knowledge and cannot represent us on international…
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CAA – Curing the Aviation Pathogen
This opinion has been shared by Ahsan Naseer. For someone interested in monitoring aviation developments in Pakistan, the last few months were not less than a Bollywood movie. From a jetliner crash in the suburbs of Karachi to the ‘fake’ license story in the parliament and the subsequent suspension of the national carrier by the…
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PIA’s reputation damaged after Karachi accident: Aviation Minister
Aviation Minister, Ghulam Muhammad Sarwar, has recently made claims that the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)’s reputation has been damaged after the Karachi plane crash incident. According to reports of Baaghi TV, Federal Minister for Civil Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan has submitted a written reply to the National Assembly. The written reply said that the closure…
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Rs.6 billion allocated to acquire land for Ring Road project
RAWALPINDI, August 08 (APP): Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Saturday said that Rs 6 billion has been allocated for the land acquisition of ring road project and said the project would be initiated within current fiscal year. Talking to media here in PTI public secretariat, the minister said that land acquisition would start after…
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Pilots unemployed following statement of Aviation Minister
Hobby is of no value, Pakistani pilots unemployed due to the statement of the serving Aviation Minister. According to reports, Vietnam Airlines has fired Pakistani pilots and all Pakistani staff. Reportedly, 37 pilots and 250 other employees have lost their jobs, following a statement by the current Minister for Aviation, Ghulam Sarwar. Meanwhile, Emirates airline…
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PPP calls for trying minister for aviation under high treason charges
ISLAMABAD, July 01 (Online): PPP leaders have said minister for aviation should step down and he should be tried under high treason charges for causing enormous loss to the country. PPP leaders including Nafisa Shah,Palosha Khan, Senator Rubina Khalid and others said this while addressing a press conference here Wednesday. Nafisa Shah said minister for …
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CAA is Responsible for Pilots with Fake Degrees
Palwasha Khan says the hiring of fake pilots is all the fault of the CAA.
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CAA; the leading cause of deteriorating aviation in Pakistan
Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA), otherwise known as CAA, is considered to be an autonomous body thereby, it has the sole right to establish its own laws and code of conduct. Ultimately, there is some potential for such a body to turn into a mafia which may coerce individuals and/or other bodies into its fixed…