Mariam mukhtar pilot biography wife

Claim Profile. Pakistan's first and only female fighter pilot to die in the line of duty, Marium Mukhtiar Shaikh was born on May 18, in Karachi, with ancestral roots in Pano Akil, Sindh. Mariam was the second eldest among her two siblings, a. Mariam was the second eldest among her two siblings, a brother and a sister. She was the daughter of Col. R Mukhtiar A.

Shaikh and brought up in a sacred environment where passion for martyrdom always prevailed. Her father knew the hard work involved in joining and serving the armed forces and knew it would not be easy but Marium was resilient and passionate so she refused to back down because she wanted to rule the skies. She went to PAF Academy Risalpur with seven other female Pakistani cadets who underwent training and graduated as pilot officers.

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Pakistan is infact among the few Muslim countries in the world who has been employing women as fighter pilots and offering them the same training as their male counterparts since ALAM to get trained as a fighter pilot. She started to get this hard and rigorous training with full zeal and zest. Over the Kundian, Mianwali area, about kilometres southwest of Islamabad, the aircraft developed a serious technical malfunction.

That was the critical time to decide, 'to be or not to be'. The situation so developed that she and her co-pilot, Squadron Leader Saqib Abbasi had to eject from the aircraft. She lost her life during the process as she was forced to eject at low height to clear a populated area. Both pilots took care of the crisis with polished methodology and strength to save the aircraft till the last possible time, guaranteeing security of property and the human life.