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Pakistan to send its first astronaut to space in 2022: Minister

ISLAMABAD (PTI): Pakistan on Thursday announced that it will send its first astronaut to space in 2022 using close ally China's satellite launching facilities.

Pakistan's decision came as India on Monday successfully launched its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2.

Fawad Chaudhry, Minister for Science and Technology, said the selection process of the astronaut for the space mission would start from February 2020.

"Proud to announce that selection process for the first Pakistani to be sent to Space shall begin from February 2020. Fifty people will be shortlisted. The list will then come down to 25 and in 2022 we will send our first person to space. This will be the biggest space event of our country," Chaudhry said in a tweet.

Chaudhry said the Pakistani Air Force will play a lead role in the selection process for the space mission.

"The process starting from 50 initial selectees will narrow to one person who would go into the space," he said.

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