Mariam Mukhtar

Maryam Mukhtiar
(Urdu: مریم مختار‎)
مريم مُختيار
Died November 24, 2015(2015-11-24)
Kundian, Mianwali District, Punjab, Pakistan
Residence Karachi
Nationality  Pakistan
Occupation Fighter Pilot
Known for Pakistan's first war ready female pilot
Religion Islam

Mariam Mukhtiar (Sindhi: مريم مختيار‎; –November 24, 2015) was a Pakistani fighter pilot. She was Pakistan's first female fighter pilot to die in the line of duty.[1] She died after a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) FT-7PG aircraft crashed near Kundian in Mianwali District in the northwest of Punjab, Pakistan on November 24, 2015.[2]

Early life

Maryam Mukhtiar Shaikh was the daughter of Col.R. Mukhtiar Ahmed Shaikh, and her ancestors were from Pano Akil, Sindh. She was a keen football player and represented Balochistan province from 2007 to 2010.[3]

Career

Mukhtiar graduated as a fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force in 2007, along with six other women. This group of seven were the first women to complete the fighter pilot training in Pakistan.[1]

Death

On Tuesday 24 November 2015, Mariam Mukhtiar Shaikh and her co-pilot Squadron leader Saqib Abbasi were on their routine operational training mission when their plane crashed near Kundian, Panjab..[4][5][6][7][8][9] Both occupants ejected from the cockpit and the plane crash-landed.[1] Abbasi suffered minor injuries in the accident,[10] however Mukhtar died of her injuries in a military hospital.[5]

She is buried in Malir Cantonment Graveyard.[11]

Awards

The Pakistan Senate Standing Committee on Defence (SSCD) recommended Mariam Mukhtiar for a state award.[10][12][13] She has been awarded with the military award Tamgha-e-Basalat by the Government of Pakistan.[14]

See also

External links

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Female co-pilot dies as training jet crashes in Mianwali". The Express Tribune. November 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Flying officer Mariam Mukhtar dies in F-7 Jet crash". The Nation. 24 November 2015.
  3. ↑ News, DND. "Flying Officer Marium Mukhtar could save her life Dispatch News Desk". Dispatch News Desk. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  4. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34918347
  5. 1 2 http://www.dawn.com/news/1221950
  6. ↑ http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-205219-Lady-pilot-Maryam-martyred-as-PAF-training-aircraft-crashes-near-Mianwali
  7. ↑ http://www.ibtimes.co.in/pakistan-woman-fighter-pilot-maryam-mukhtar-killed-air-force-plane-crash-656357
  8. ↑ Mursaleen Kamal. "How Mariam Mukhtar Dies as Training Jet Full Documentary". Pak Record. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Mariam Mukhtar, fighter pilot, Died at 23". deadfamous.info. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  10. 1 2 Web Desk (December 4, 2015). "Senate body recommends state award for martyred pilot Maryam Mukhtar". Daily Times Pakistan. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "شہید پائلٹ مریم مختار کو فوجی اعزاز کے ساتھ سپرد خاک کردیا گیا". ARY NEWS. ARYNEWS.tv. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "SSCD recommends state award for martyred pilot Mariam Mukhtar". Dunya News Network. Dunya News TV. December 4, 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "SSCD recommends state award for martyred pilot Mariam Mukhtar". onlineindus news. December 4, 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  14. ↑ Faizan Ahmed Rana (January 30, 2016). "Govt. to award ‘Tamgha-e-Basalat’ to martyred PO Maryam Mukhtar". Baaghi TV, Pakistan. Retrieved 30 January 2016.


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