ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilot was martyred when his aircraft crashed near Attock city on a training flight, the air force said in a statement.

The PAF said that the FT-7 aircraft went down because of technical problems near Attock city in the eastern Punjab province.

It said that the pilot, Flight Lieutenant Shehryar Nisar (Tamgha-i-Basalat), martyred in the crash but no loss of civilian life or property has been reported from the ground.

The PAF says its Air Headquarters have ordered a board of inquiry to determine the cause of accident.