Kainat Junaid has become the first woman from Khyber Pakthunkhwa (KP) to be selected for fighter pilot training in Pakistan Air Force (PAF), The Express Tribune reported Monday.

According to reports, hailing from Lower Dir’s Balambat area, Kainat not only secured the top position in PAF’s test for GD pilot, but also became Pakistan’s first female fighter pilot to serve the country alongside her father.

Kainat cleared her matric examinations by obtaining 1,030 marks from PAF College Badaber and aced her intermediate exams by obtaining 937 marks from Jinnah College, Peshawar.

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Kainat’s father, Squadron Leader Ahmed Junaid, has said that his longstanding desire of watching his daughter become a fighter pilot has been fulfilled.

“I am so proud of my daughter… she is inspired by Marium Mukhtar, the first female pilot of PAF who sacrificed her life in the line of duty and embraced martyrdom,” he added.

Flying Officer Marium Mukhtiar was a PAF fighter pilot who lost her life after her PAF FT-7PG aircraft crashed near Kundian in Mianwali district on November 24, 2015.