Pak clears 95% licenses of its pilots serving in other countries: Report

It was earlier reported that almost 30 per cent of the pilots had fake or improper licence and did not have flying experience

Pakistan's aviation authority has cleared 95 per cent licences of the country's pilots serving in different airlines in seven countries, while the process of verification of the remaining will be completed next week, according to a media report on Saturday.

Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan disclosed in the National Assembly last month that there were 860 active pilots in the country and 260 pilots had not sat their exams themselves and almost 30 per cent of the pilots had fake or improper licence and did not have flying experience.

Shortly after the minister's statement, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) grounded 107 pilots