The government has prepared a draft policy for use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) – drones, model airplanes, quadcopters and balloons – and asked all stakeholders to give their input on the proposed draft in two weeks.
“After incorporating the stakeholders’ input, the draft policy will be presented before the federal cabinet for its approval,” said the Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Monday.
The minister earlier chaired a high level meeting to hold consultation on the policy for the UAVs.
Secretary Aviation Hasan Nasir Jami and officials of Aviation Division, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Industries, the Federal Board of Revenue as well as representatives of the provinces took part in the meeting.
The meeting directed all stakeholders to give their feedback on the policy in two week so that the draft may be approved soon. The secretary aviation briefed the participants on the policy and said it aims at categorizing different types of drones and determining eligibility of their operators.
He said the policy covers the various uses of such aircraft for entertainment, research, sports, photography and media coverage, industrial, agricultural and other purposes.
Speaking on the occasion, the minister said a policy about the UAV is the need of the hour and could also help in boosting some local industries.
The UAV is an aircraft without a human pilot on board and a type of unmanned vehicle. The UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system which includes a UAV, a ground-based controller, and a system of communication between the two.
The flight of the UAVs may operate with various degrees of autonomy, either under remote control by a human operator, autonomously by onboard computers or piloted by an autonomous robot.
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