- Wednesday, April 24, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has become the first Pakistani premier to fly a military chopper as he piloted a Turkish T-129 attack helicopter on a test flight. Abbasi, an aviation enthusiast, took the helicopter for a test flight on Sunday. The Pakistani premier, 58, was in the Turkish capital Istanbul for the ninth summit of D-8 nations. The D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation, also known as the Developing-8, is an eight-nation grouping of Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey. The prime minister inspected the helicopter, and was briefed by Turkish aviation officials about the specifications and…
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