Religion Islam Residence Karachi, Pakistan | Occupation Fighter Pilot Name Mariam Mukhtar | |
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Born January 1, 1992 ( 1992-01-01 ) Known for Pakistan\'s first war ready female pilot Died November 24, 2015, Kundian, Pakistan | ||
Pakistani female fighter pilot, dies in crash.
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Flying Officer Marium Mukhtiar TBt, PAF (Sindhi: مريم مختيار; May 18, 1992 – November 24, 2015) was a Pakistani fighter pilot. 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.
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Early life and career
Marium Mukhtiar Shaikh was the daughter of Col. (Ret'd.) Dr. Mukhtiar Ahmed Shaikh, AMC, and her ancestors were from Pano Akil, Sindh, from a well-known Sindhi Shaikh family. She completed her intermediate from Army Public School and College (APSACS) Malir Cantt Karachi. Marium Mukhtiar graduated as a fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force in 2014, along with six other women in 132 GD course. She also took active participation in charity work. She was supporting a school for poor children who were unable to afford education.
Death
On Tuesday 24 November 2015, Mariam Mukhtiar Shaikh and Squadron leader Saqib Abbasi were on their routine operational training mission when their plane FT-7PG crashed near Kundian, Punjab.. Both occupants ejected from the cockpit and the plane crash-landed. Abbasi suffered minor injuries in the accident, however Mukhtiar died of her injuries in a military hospital. Marium Mukhtiar ejected along with her co-pilot, but at too low an altitude, an air force spokesman said. She was losing height so when she ejected, she didn’t have appropriate height that is necessary for ejection,” the spokesman said. Her co-pilot, squadron leader Saqib Abbasi, survived with minor injuries, possibly because he managed to eject seconds earlier. Mukhtiar’s death was declared a martyrdom or shahadat by the PAF, which said both pilots “handled the serious emergency with professionalism and courage and tried to save the ill-fated aircraft until the very last minute. PAF female Flying Officer Marium Mukhtar could save her life if she could have ejected herself before taking PAF FT-7PG out of populous area but both pilots decided to take risk to keep flying the downing jet for taking the jet out of the densely populated area. This delay in ejection caused martyrdom of Marium Mukhtar, said PAF experienced and retired officers.
She is buried in Malir Cantonment Graveyard. Composed By Najeebullah Brohi
Awards
The Pakistan Senate Standing Committee on Defence (SSCD) recommended Marium Mukhtiar for a state award. She has been awarded with the military award Tamgha-e-Basalat by the Government of Pakistan.
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