Renowned religious personality and Naat Khawan Junaid Jamshed was also among the passengers aboard the aircraft.
Junaid Jamshed’s brother confirmed that his brother was on board the plane that left Chitral for Islamabad.
Read: PIA plane crash: list of passengers
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) jet heading to Islamabad from Chitral has crashed near Havelian, Abbottabad, moments after it disappeared from radar.
PIA’s ATR-42 aircraft operating as PK-661 was scheduled to reach Islamabad but it lost contact with control tower. Captain Saleh Hayat was operating the flight.
Read: PIA aircraft crashes near Abbottabad
Emergency response centre can be accessed at following numbers
- 0092-21-99044890,
- 0092-21-99044376
- 0092-21-99044394
Rescue teams of Pakistan Army have left for the crash site.
Jamshed was seen with some of his fellows in Chitral on a tweet posted on December 4 on his official Twitter account.
