Womens Pakistan

Shukriya Khanum

🔹 Overview

  • Recognized as Pakistan’s first female commercial pilot

  • Obtained her commercial pilot license in July 1959

🔹 Career

  • Qualified to fly commercial aircraft but was not permitted to operate commercial passenger flights due to gender restrictions of that era.

  • Worked as a flight instructor, training future pilots.

🔹 Significance

  • Broke gender barriers in aviation in the 1950s.

  • Became a symbol of inspiration for later generations of Pakistani women pilots.

🔹 Family & Education

  • Detailed public records of her family background and formal education are limited.

  • She completed formal aviation training to obtain a commercial pilot license in Pakistan.

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