According to the source, after the issue of suspicious licenses of pilots, the Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) licenses of 48 PIA pilots have been suspended without show cause notice while the pilots have been given two weeks to file their reply.
Sources said that PIA is in the process of firing the pilots after revoking their licenses.
The PIA had already grounded 17 pilots in 2019. The licenses of more than 160 pilots are under investigation.
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An inquiry into the May 22 Airbus A320 crash that killed 97 people at the southern port city of Karachi resulted in the stunning revelation that 260 of 860 pilots in Pakistan had cheated on their pilot's exams, but were still given licenses by the Civil Aviation Authority, which led to the suspension of Pakistan International airlines from Europe and US.
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