LAHORE – The fourth death anniversary of female Pakistan’s fighter pilot,Flying Officer, Marium Mukhtar Shaheed is being observed on Sunday.
It is pertinent to mention here that Marium was the first female pilot ofPakistan Air Force who sacrificed her life in the line of duty and attainedshahdat.
Marium, after receiving her initial education from Karachi, graduated as afighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in 2007.
On May 6, 2011, she joined the Pakistan Air Force in 132 GD Pilot course.She was on a routine training flight with her instructor when her jetdeveloped a fault and crashed at Kandian area in Bhakra near Mianwali onthis day in 2015.
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She was on a mission on an FT-7PG aircraft and encountered a “seriousin-flight emergency” during the final stages, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF)said in a statement when her trainer jet crashed near Kundian area ofdistrict Mianwali two years ago.
