{"id":63845,"date":"2026-06-15T07:18:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/?p=63845"},"modified":"2026-06-15T07:18:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:18:04","slug":"pakistan-air-force-trainer-aircraft-crashes-two-pilots-embrace-shahadat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/2026\/06\/15\/pakistan-air-force-trainer-aircraft-crashes-two-pilots-embrace-shahadat\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Air Force Trainer Aircraft Crashes, Two Pilots Embrace Shahadat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Naveed Ahmad Khan<\/p>\n<p>Rawalpindi:A Pakistan Air Force trainer aircraft on a routine training sortie crashed near Mardan today. As a result, both pilots, Flight Lieutenant Muhammad Qasim Abdullah (Pakistan Air Force) and Lieutenant Taha Abbasi (Pakistan Navy), embraced shahadat. A Board of Inquiry has been constituted by Air Headquarters to ascertain the cause of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari expressed deep sorrow and grief over the crash of a Pakistan Air Force training aircraft near Mardan.<\/p>\n<p>The President paid tribute to Flight Lieutenant Muhammad Qasim Abdullah and Lieutenant Taha Abbasi, who embraced martyrdom in the accident.<\/p>\n<p>President Zardari prayed for the elevation of the martyrs&#8217; ranks and for patience for their families.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The nation will always remember the sacrifices of its brave sons who laid down their lives in defense of the homeland,&#8221; said President Zardari.<\/p>\n<p>The President also extended heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the bereaved families.<\/p>\n<p>Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, NI(M), HJ, COAS &amp; CJCSC, the Services Chiefs, and all ranks of the Pakistan Armed Forces express deep grief over the tragic loss of precious lives and extend heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naveed Ahmad Khan Rawalpindi:A Pakistan Air Force trainer aircraft on a routine training sortie crashed near Mardan today. As a result, both pilots, Flight Lieutenant Muhammad Qasim Abdullah (Pakistan Air Force) and Lieutenant Taha Abbasi (Pakistan Navy), embraced shahadat. A Board of Inquiry has been constituted by Air Headquarters to ascertain the cause of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[35,1130,1131],"class_list":["post-63845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-top-story","tag-pakistan-air-force","tag-pakistan-air-force-trainer-aircraft-crashes","tag-two-pilots-embrace-shahadat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63846,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63845\/revisions\/63846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyspokesman.net\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}