All stranded Pakistanis in Europe, ME to be brought to country by July 20, NA informed
July 09, 2021
Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan has assured that all the stranded Pakistanis in Europe and the Middle East will be brought to the country by 20th of this month.
Speaking in the National Assembly on Friday, he said PIA has operated special flights to bring overseas Pakistanis to the country from the Middle Eastern Region. By now, 54116 stranded Pakistanis have been brought to the country in a dignified manner. He said those in Europe and the UK are also being transported to the country through chartered flights.
A senior PIA official said that the revenue loss was around Rs17 billion during the one-year period. AFP/File
KARACHI: After passing of one year, hopes for lifting of a ban on all Pakistan-registered aircraft to enter European Union member states as well as the United Kingdom have been eroded after the global aviation watchdog delayed this month’s scheduled safety audit of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for an unspecified period, it emerged on Tuesday.
In July 2020, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) had suspended the third country operator authorisation of the national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines, to operate flights in the EU member states for six months due to safety concerns against the backdrop of the May 22 Karachi plane crash and the subsequent damning statement of Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan that 40 per cent of Pakistani pilots possessed dubious licences.
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Ring Road scandal exposed insidious accountability, says Marri
July 17, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party on Friday said the Rawalpindi Ring Road scandal has exposed insidious accountability of the PTI government.
“The clean chit given to PTI s Zulfi Bukhari, Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar and Ghulam Sarwar Khan is a slap on the face of so-called accountability,” said Secretary Information PPPP Shazia Atta Marri in a statement on Friday. She said it remains to be observed whether the notice of Rawalpindi Ring Road scandal would be taken or not. “The investigation against Zulfi Bukhari, Usman Buzdar and Ghulam Sarwar Khan in the scandal has been wrapped up in the PTI flag,” she said.
July 17, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party on Friday said the Rawalpindi Ring Road scandal has exposed insidious accountability of the PTI government. “The clean chit given to PTI s Zulfi Bukhari, Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar and Ghulam Sarwar Khan is a slap on the face of so-called accountability,” said Secretary Information PPPP Shazia Atta Marri in a statement on Friday. She said it remains to be observed whether the notice of Rawalpindi Ring Road scandal would be taken or not. “The investigation against Zulfi Bukhari, Usman Buzdar and Ghulam Sarwar Khan in the scandal has been wrapped up in the PTI flag,” she said. She said a message is being sent to the bureaucracy by targeting the uninvolved bureaucrats in the scandal and it proves that the so-called accountability is the political agenda of this incompetent government.