Rawalpindi: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif expressed his deepest grief over tragic loss of precious lives in a helicopter crash at Naltar, near Gilgit.
According to ISPR in a statement the COAS said “It is sad day for all of us and our heart goes out to the bereaved families at this sad moment of heir life.”
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Ambassadors of Norway and Philippines Leif Larson and Domingo D Lucenario Jr, wives of Indonesian and Malaysian ambassadors died in crash.
Earlier today, A military helicopter crashed into a school in the country’s north Friday, killing seven people including the Norwegian and Philippine ambassadors, and setting the building ablaze.
The helicopter was one of three carrying a delegation of envoys to inspect projects on a three-day trip to Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan territory where they were set to meet with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
