KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Thursday confirmed that it has received requests from 10 countries to seek verification of licences of Pakistani pilots. The countries which sought credibility of credentials of Pakistani pilots include United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Malaysia, Vietnam and others. The states have sought details of 176 pilots who have received licences from the operator in Pakistan. A total of 166 out of 176 licences have been verified so far by the CAA, said the spokesperson, adding that the clearance process was pushed into a delay for 10 more licences on technical grounds. The process will be completed by next week. The CAA spokesperson detailed that 262 pilots had been grounded over the directives of the Pakistani government over the issue of suspected licences, whereas, the federal cabinet members had approved the suspension of licences of 28 pilots.
