Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said on Thursday that Pakistan will send its first person to space in 2022.

"Proud to announce that selection process for the first Pakistani to be sent to Space shall begin from Feb 2020, fifty people will be shortlisted -- 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 history," tweeted Chaudhry.