About Rashid Minhas
Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas NH (Urdu: راشد منہاس; 17 February 1951 – 20 August 1971) was a Pakistani fighter pilot and the fifth recipient of Pakistan's highest military award, the Nishan-e-Haider. Minhas was the first and only officer from the Pakistan Air Force to receive the Nishan-e-Haider, and was also the youngest person and the shortest-serving officer to have received the award. During a routine training mission in August 1971, Minhas attempted to gain control of his jet trainer when his superior officer Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman BS took control of the plane to join the Bangladesh War of Independence, but Minhas resisted his efforts to control the aircraft and crashed it in Sujawal District in Pakistan. == Biography == Rashid Minhas was born on 17 February 1951 to Begum Rashida Minhas (1926–2021) in Karachi, into a Punjabi Muslim Rajput family of the Minhas clan. Rashid Minhas spent his early childhood in Karachi. Later, the family shifted to Rawalpindi, before returning to Karachi. Minhas was fascinated with aviation history and technology. He used to collect different models of aircraft and jets. He attended St. Patrick's High School, Karachi.
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