ISLAMABAD : Oct 1 : Namira Salim, a Dubai-based Pakistani has reached US to take her journey to the space . She will start her space journey on October 5. Numira Saleem was born in Karachi, is a Pakistani polar adventurer, future astronaut and artist based in Monaco and Dubai.
On the recommendation of the Pakistani government, she was in 2011 appointed as an honorary consul of Pakistan to Monaco, following her efforts to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries. She is the first Pakistani to have reached both the North Pole and the South Pole. Salim is the only Pakistani among the first 100 aspiring space tourists to purchase a ticket for Virgin Galactic’s future commercial space liner.
Numira Saleem spoke on her journey to space after reaching in US. She thanked Pakistan and its.people for inspiring her for taking journey to the space . She added that she was proud Pakistani to go to the space . ANumira said she will take Pakistan’s flag to the space to make this journey a success for Pakistan.
