Marium Mukhtiar

Flying Officer

Marium Mukhtiar
BornMay 18, 1992
DiedNovember 24, 2015(2015-11-24) (aged 23)
Kundian, Mianwali District, Punjab, Pakistan
Buried
Malir Cantonment Graveyard
Allegiance Pakistan
Service / branch Pakistan Air Force
Rank Flying Officer
Known forPakistan's first female fighter pilot to die in the line of duty
Awards Tamgha-e-Basalat

Marium Mukhtiar (May 19, 1992 – November 24, 2015) was a Pakistani fighter pilot.[1] She died flying a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) FT-7PG aircraft that crashed near Kundian in Mianwali District, northwestern Punjab, Pakistan on November 24, 2015.[2] She was the first female Pakistani fighter pilot to die in the line of duty.[3]

  1. ^ "Female co-pilot embraces martyrdom as training jet crashes in Mianwali". The Express Tribune. November 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "Flying officer Mariam Mukhtar embraces martyrdom in F-7 Jet crash". The Nation. 24 November 2015.
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