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Malaysia reinstates Pakistani pilots after verifying licences

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has verified that all Pakistani pilots currently employed in the country hold valid licences and it has reinstated them with immediate effect, its aviation regulator said in a statement on Thursday. The pilots were suspended earlier this month after authorities in Pakistan discovered that up to a third of the country's pilots may have falsified their qualifications. The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia said 18 Pakistani pilot licence holders in Malaysia were verified by the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. Last week, the Vietnamese government said that all Pakistani pilots working for the country’s airlines had valid and legitimate licences and none of them have been involved in a flight incident or safety threat. Vietnam had also grounded all Pakistanis flying for local airlines in the wake of Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar’s revelation that nearly a third of the country’s pilots had dubious credentials. "All licenses administered ...
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'FIA can’t trace social media accounts'

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ISLAMABAD: The Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday informed a National Assembly committee that it was unable to trace social media account holders because the companies like Facebook and Twitter did not share user data. During a meeting of a subcommittee of the house Standing Committee on Law and Justice, FIA Director for Cyber Crime Waqar Chauhan said that he had not received any complaint regarding Taliban militant Ehsanullah Ehsan’s threat to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The issue was raised in the subcommittee meeting by its member Nafeesa Shah. “When the report was published in the newspapers, why didn’t you take action?” she asked the FIA official. Chauhan replied that the FIA could not take action on its own. “Action can only be taken on receiving a complaint.” He said that no social media platform, including Twitter and Facebook, shared the user data. “IP addresses are shared only in cases of child ...
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FO defends Pakistan strategy on Indian spy

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ISLAMABAD: As government and opposition members clashed in the National Assembly over providing the Indian spy a legal option to challenge his conviction, the Foreign Office on Thursday defended the move, insisting that the decision was key to implement the verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The UN-affiliated court had in July last year, while upholding the military court’s death sentence awarded to Kulbhusan Jadhav, asked Pakistan to provide India the consular access as well as ensure effective review and reconsideration of his sentence. Pakistan in line with the ICJ ruling provided India consular access to Jadhav twice – first on September 2, 2019 and then on July 16, 2020. Islamabad also offered a third consular access to India but, according to the Foreign Office, New Delhi has yet to respond to Islamabad’s “goodwill gesture”. In order to ensure effective review and reconsideration of the case, the government on May 20 promulgated an ordinance. It also ...
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US Oil Prices Go ‘Negative’ For The First Time. What Does This Actually Mean?

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the cost of crude oil dropped to less than $0 per barrel on Monday. People are confused and asking what does that mean? Due to self-quarantine and social distancing arising from the pandemic, many oil suppliers have plenty of crude oil on their hands since energy needs are down. According to Politico reports, the United States is almost out of storage to store the oil. The price per barrel for oil to be delivered in May fell to a record -$37.63 on Monday. It means that those contracted to produce oil are literally paying consumers to take it off their hands. As tankers are near-overflowing with oil
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