Rawalpindi: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif,Air Marshal Sohail Aman. representatives of different countries and top brass of Pakistan Army received the dead bodies of the Naltar Tragedy victims on Saturday.
The dead bodies were shifted to PAF Base Nur Khan in Rawalpindi from Gilgit via three helicopters.
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Families of the victims wept as the deceased were honoured with salutes. Army chief offered condolences to the victims’ families.
Funeral prayers of the two martyred pilots of the helicopter would be offered at the PAF Base Nur Khan.
Foreign Secretary Aijaz Chaudhry said “Dead bodies of the ambassadors and their families would be sent back with complete honour and dignity,”