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Pakistan’s youngest `pilot’ dead

By IANS,

Islamabad : A sick 10-year-old Pakistani boy, who became a `pilot’ for a day through the Make A Wish Foundation Pakistan, has died.

Muhammad Usama died Thursday morning in Karachi. He was suffering from a chronic kidney disease, Daily Times reported.

Usama earned the title of the youngest pilot of the country after his desire to become a pilot for a day was fulfilled by the foundation in collaboration with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).

He was given practical pilot’s training in a flight simulator and joined a PIA crew on a flight to Islamabad.