Shahnaz Laghari () is the first Pakistani

Hijabi Hijab (, ) refers to head coverings worn by Muslim women. Similar to the mitpaḥat/tichel or snood worn by religious married Jewish women, certain headcoverings worn by some Christian women, such as the hanging veil, apostolnik and kapp, and ...

female

pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its Aircraft flight control system, directional flight controls. Some other aircrew, aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are al ...

who flew aircraft wearing the hijab. She is also a good social worker in her community, and running few training centers to empower the women in the society.

Political career

She began her political career as an independent leader and first contested in the General Elections-2013 from

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

but could not succeed. According to the local media of Lahore Shahnaz joined Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PMLQ) political party in May 2018.Pakistan’s First Female Pilot Joins Politics
Urdu point, 2 May 2018

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Laghari, Shahnaz Hijab Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Pakistani women aviators 21st-century Pakistani people People from Lahore