Body formed to review cancelled pilot licences cases
- By Salah Uddin -
- Mar 14, 2021
KARACHI: The federal government on Sunday constituted a three-member board to review the cancelled pilot licences cases referred by the courts and the director-general of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), ARY News reported.
According to the details, Aviation Division Joint Secretary Mir Hassan Naqvi will head the “Board of Review, while CAA Additional Director Captain Zia Khan and PAF’s Wing Commander Muhammad Taimur Hussain will be members of the body.
In a letter to CAA DG, Sheikh Noor Muhammad Deputy Secretary CAA said, ” The federal government has been pleased to constitute a “board of review” comprising following to review the cancelled pilot licences cases referred by the courts and the DG CAA under Rule 343 of CARs,1994.”
“PCAA is requested to submit all the cases of the pilots who have requested their cancellation order to be reviewed by a Board of Review under Rule 343 of CARs, 1994 to this division,” read the letter.
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