Ex-minister faces probe over controversial statement led to PIA flight ban

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The federal government has launched an investigation into the statement of former restoration minister Ghulam Sarwar 2020, which has resulted in four years on flights to European and other countries on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for four years. There is more restrictions because it claimed hundreds. Pilots had “fake or suspicious licenses” in the country.

The development was chaired by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday when members of the Federal Cabinet meeting in Islamabad when members considered various agenda items, which considered the server’s statement, for the country’s aviation industry. Destruction caused.

During the previous government of Pakistan Tehreek Justice (PTI) in 2020, the server revealed that almost one -third of the licenses issued to the pilots were fake and then another statement was made in which it was claimed. It was that the country had 262 pilots. Suspicious “.

Following a shocking revelation, the debt-hit PIA was banned from flying in the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States in June 2020, a one-month-old Airbus A-320s drowned in a Karachi street. , In which about 100 people were killed.

After years of efforts to regain the confidence of global aviation agencies, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency lifted the ban on the PIA from working in the block.

Subsequently, the government -owned PIA resumed flights earlier this month with its long wait for Europe, which indicated an important milestone for the national career after a break for more than four years , Because in the second week of January, the first flight departed for Paris.

Cabinet members were told today that the statement of the former federal minister was “irresponsible and speculative” which denied the reputation of the country and the national career, and also brought serious consequences to Ankur.

The Federal Cabinet, led by the Prime Minister, has constituted a committee seeking facts to determine the objectives behind the server’s speculation statement.

The committee will also evaluate the financial losses to PIA and Exchange after the server’s statement.

50bn Tree Project, CPPS Ordinance

Meanwhile, cabinet members also approved the Middle East’s green move to plant 200 million hectares of land and 50 billion trees.

Meanwhile, the Cabinet also approved the off -grid prisoner Power Plants Ordinance 2025.

The Federal Cabinet highlighted the agreement between the Government of Pakistan and the European Union on the recommendation of the Ministry of Commerce in connection with the distribution of tariff rates quota.

In addition, the cabinet approved a 25 % reduction in provincial quota in medical and dental colleges administered by the federal government.

The move was taken in the context of a very low quota for students living in the land of the capital of Islamabad in provincial medical and dental colleges so that students living in Islamabad can get better education opportunities in such institutions.

The federal cabinet has approved the amendment of the 1973 rules on the integration of the Federal Government’s Rights Committee, the Ministry of Kashmir and the integration of Gilgit -Baltistan and the Ministry of Frontier Affairs.

The Federal Cabinet has endorsed the decisions made at a cabinet committee meeting on government businesses on January 17, 2025.

The Federal Cabinet also endorsed the decisions made at a Cabinet Committee meeting on Legislature cases held on December 17, 2024 in connection with the amendment of the Citizenship Act 1952.

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