Dhaka, July 24 -- Britain has lifted the five-year ban on Pakistani airlines, allowing them to apply for the resumption of flights to and from the United Kingdom, following aviation safety improvements in Pakistan, said the British High Commission in Islamabad on July 23.

"Based on this independent and technically-driven process, it [UK Air Safety Committee] has decided to remove Pakistan and its air carriers from the [UK Air Safety] List," the High Commission said.

The move comes after the European Union Aviation Safety Agency lifted a four-year ban on PIA, and the Pakistani state-owned carrier resumed flights to Europe in January.

PIA was barred from flying to the UK in June 2020, a month after one of its aircraft plunged into a Kara...