Marium Mukhtiar was a Pakistani fighter pilot. She is Pakistan's first and only female fighter. A 22-year-old Pakistani fighter pilot, Marium Mukhtiar, was killed
after a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) FT-7PG aircraft crashed near Kundian in
Mianwali district in the northwest of Punjab.
Last year, BBC had
interviewed Marium, who talked about the challenges she faced as a
female pilot in the Pakistan Air Force. She had said that she wanted to
do "something different."