It was like a dream come true for the 12-year-old Grade-4 student, Naima Gul, from Swat when she became the first lady pilot of the Pakistan Army Aviation. Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani granted her wish. Naima Gul, who belongs to Mingora and was suffering from Thalassaemia, had written a letter to the army chief and expressed her desire to become a pilot. General Kayani approved and inducted her as lady pilot of the 9 Squadron in Pakistan Army for a day.