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Funeral prayers offered for martyred Wing Commander Noman Akram

Funeral prayers offered for martyred Wing Commander Noman Akram
March 11, 2020
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Funeral prayers were offered for the Wing Commander Noman Akram who was martyred in a F-16 crash on Wednesday. PAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, Naval Chief Admiral Zafar Abbasi, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Nadeem Raza and other high-ranking officers attended his funeral. Later, the body was sent to his ancestral town for burial. The martyred Wing Commander Noman Akram is survived by a widow and two children. Earlier, Wing Commander Noman Akram was martyred during the crash of F-16 jet near Shakarparian in Islamabad. According to the PAF spokesperson, the pilot was martyred when jet crashed near the chand-tara jungle in the federal capital. It added that the plane was carrying out routine exercises for the March 23 parade. The PAF spokesperson further said that a board of inquiry has been ordered by Air Headquarters to determine the cause of accident. A member of the National Assembly (NA) offered ‘Fatiha’ for the martyred commander. Apparently, Nauman Akram was among the best pilots of PAF who even flew Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa in an F-16, recently. The martyred pilot even had the Sher Afghan Trophy 2019 to his name. Undoubtedly, it is a huge loss for the PAF as well as for the nation but Nauman Akram will definitely live in our hearts forever.