Fawad Chaudhry says Pakistan will go to space in 2022

Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhary has announced to send the first Pakistani to space in 2022.

Fawad made the official announcement on his Twitter. He explained that fifty people will first be shortlisted. The list will then come down to 25 from which one person will be selected to go to space in 2022.

Proud to announce that selection process for the first Pakistani to be sent to Space shall begin from Feb 2020,fifty people will be shortlisted — list will then come down to 25 and in 2022 we will send our first person to space,this will be the biggest space event of our history

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) July 25, 2019

Though the minister did not share any details of the space program, he said this will be the biggest space event in Pakistan’s history.