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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Charlotte Greenfield and Ariba Shahid

UK to lift ban on Pakistani airlines after years of restrictions

Britain has lifted a five-year ban on Pakistani airlines following improvements in the country’s aviation safety standards.

The UK’s Air Safety Committee imposed the ban in 2020, days after Pakistan launched an investigation into the validity of pilot licences issued in the country following a plane crash that killed 97 people on May 24, 2020, in the southern city of Karachi.

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