KARACHI: The United Kingdom (UK) has refused to lift the ban on PakistanInternational Airlines (PIA) flights, expressing its safety reservations tothe country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), ARY News reported, citingsources.
Sources privy to the development said the Air Safety Unit of the BritishDepartment of Transport (DfT) had written a letter to the CAA to convey itsconcerns over the measures it had taken for flight dependability. Theletter was received by CAA on September 8, 2022.
In the letter, the DfT has expressed its dissatisfaction over the stepstaken by the CAA to ensure flight standards and safety. The DfT is of theopinion that the ban could not be lifted because of the lack of progressdespite the settlement of the licensing issues and legislation on aviationin Pakistan.
Earlier, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested former PakistanInternational Airlines (PIA) official involved in a fake degree scam.
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As per details, the Corporate Crime Circle of FIA arrested former PIAengineer Farhan Kashif in a fake degree scandal.
The FIA arrested PIA official from Jinnah International Airport Karachiafter he returned to Pakistan from Doha via foreign airline, said sources.
