Ghulam Sagar Khan, the Aviation Minister of Pakistan announced on Wednesday that a third of all pilots in the country are flying with fake license. He went on to say that many paid people to sit the examination for them. Out of the 860 pilots in the country 262 have been identified to have paid someone to take the examination for them and have no flying experience.The Karachi plane crash in May which killed 97 people prompted the Government to conduct an investigation. The airline involved in the crash, Pakistan International Airline has suspended 150 of its Pilots. Sajad Gull one of the 2 pilots involved in the Karachi crash has 17,000 flying hours to his name but the minister did not disclose if he was among the fake licensed pilots.
Sajad Gull, One of the pilots of the crashed plane
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