The first Pakistani female fighter pilot to die on operational service has been laid to rest after a funeral at a Karachi air force base.
Flying Officer Marium Mukhtiar was on a routine training mission on Tuesday when her plane met with an “in-flight emergency” over Mianwali district in Punjab province, the air force said.
She and her co-pilot ejected. She later died from her injuries in hospital.
Her body was taken to Karachi where the ceremony was held later that day.
Flying Officer Mukhtiar, who was 24, spoke to BBC News last year of her journey into a traditionally male-dominated world.
Media captionMarium Mukhtiar explains why she decided to train to be a fighter pilot
She was among about 20 female fighter pilots in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), which only began inducting women in combat roles in 2006.
It was not immediately clear why her aircraft crashed. The male pilot was not badly injured and is recovering in hospital.
Pakistani Air Force officials were present as well as family members for the funeral prayers, local media said.
Source: Sabkura News Pvt. Ltd.
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