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Pakistani airline says ad showing plane flying toward Eiffel Tower never meant to hurt 9/11 victims
Read full article: Pakistani airline says ad showing plane flying toward Eiffel Tower never meant to hurt 9/11 victimsPakistanโs national airline says that an advertisement showing a plane heading toward the Eiffel Tower was never intended to evoke the memories of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Pakistan to ground 150 pilots for cheating to get licenses
Read full article: Pakistan to ground 150 pilots for cheating to get licensesFILE - In this May 22, 2020 file photo, volunteers look for survivors of a Pakistan International Airlines plane that crashed in a residential area of Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistans state-run airline announced Thursday, June 25, 2020, it will ground 150 pilots on charges they obtained their pilot licenses by having others take exams for them. Abdullah Hafeez, a spokesman for PIA, said the decision comes after a probe into last months Pakistan International Airlines crash that killed 97 people in the city of Karachi. Abdullah Hafeez, a spokesman for Pakistan International Airlines, didnt give additional details about the cheating but said a process to fire the pilots had been initiated. The move by PIA to ground the pilots comes a day after the countrys aviation minister, Ghulam Sarqar Khan, said 262 out of 860 Pakistani pilots had fake licenses.