After the signing of the state airline’s agreement with a private company, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Air Marshal Arshad Malik on Thursday told the media that national flag-carrier is yet to recover from the loss incurred by Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar’s statement.
The issue started in the aftermath of a PIA plane crash in Karachi, which led to the deaths of 97 passengers and crew members. While no pilots of the ill-fated aircraft had fake licences, the federal minister told the National Assembly (NA) a month later that 262 of 860 pilots in Pakistan did not sit in their exams themselves, rather they had someone else take the test for them. He claimed that people with fake degrees were appointed on political basis.
On Thursday, Malik highlighted how the minister’s statement led to the state airline being banned in many countries….
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