SAIDU SHARIF: Pakistan’s fifth Aerospace Training Centre, under the auspices of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), has been inaugurated Special Assistant to PM Shujaat Azeem in Swat Valley.
The institute will impart both technical and vocational training to the airline professionals will help create new career opportunities to the youth of the region.
Addressing the ceremony, Azeem said the government has planned to establish 12 such training centres in major cities across the country as different campuses are already functional in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Nawabshah.
The special assistant said Civil Aviation Authority granted PIA ANO-147 certification in August 2014, making it the first company of its kind in Pakistan to produce certified aviation professionals. He said that almost 42% of the valley’s population lies within the age bracket of 15 to 40 years and the absence of any major engineering, technical or medical institute of higher learning in the region is a major reason for economic immobility of the people.
