President, PM strongly condemn MQM MPA killing

Awaz Apni ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani have strongly condemned the killing of Raza Haider, MQM leader and Member Sindh Assembly, who was shot dead by unknown assailants in Karachi on Monday evening.

The President and Prime Minister in their separate messages expressed shock and grief over the unfortunate incident and directed the concerned authorities to investigate the tragic happening and take all necessary steps to bring the culprits to justice.

They conveyed their condolences to the bereaved family and prayed to Almighty Allah to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant courage to the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss with equanimity.

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Islamabad Plane Crash Victims Name

Names of deceasedOne hundred and forty-six passengers and six crew members were on board, whereas there are 13 lucky people who missed the unfortunate flight.

The names of passengers who died in the crash are: Pyar Ali, Prem Chand, Hassan Javed Khan, Syed Arsalan Ahmed, Mohammad Tufail, Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Faisal Rasheed, Mohammad Owais, Hussain Alam, Ghulam Abbas, Naveed Ilyas, Mohammad Ali Mughal, Mohammad Aftab, Shireen Lodhi, Mohammad Nawab Hassan, Asim Arain, Ali Sherazi, Mohammad Bashir, Zahid Habibi, Dr Mirko Cvjfticanin, Asia Begum, Mohammad Umair Khan, Haji Rehmat Gul, Misha Dawood, Ali Asghar Rajab Ali, Rashida Tyeb Khan, Murtaza Tyed Khan, Malik Mohammad Yousuf, Nabeel Lutfi, Manzoor Nasir, Saleem Ahmed, Rosie Ahmed, Hamid Javed, Mohammad Yousuf, Ata Raja, Anwar Bibi, Gulzar Bibi, Tariq Subhan, Abdul Ghaffar, Irfan Imran, Mohammad Sultan, Mohammad Yaseen, Gayaba Khan, Manzoor Ahmed, Masood Salam, Syed Azam, Ojam Khan, Jannat Gul, Zaintun Bibi, Waheed-ur-Rehman, Mohammad Feroze, Dr Suresh, Mohammad Asad, Amir Siddiqui, Mona Dhomki, Mehlee Dhomki, Amir Dhomki, Afshan Dhomki, Masood Kayani, Zafar Saleem, Abdul Ghani, Adnan Qayoom, Abbas Haider, Osama Ghafoor, Mohammad Zameen, Andaleeb Junaid, Abdul Raheem, Mohammad Zaid Rauf, Anwar Begum, Nusrat Begum, Ali Shah, Kamran Shah, Abdul Qayum, Maqsood Ahmed, Abdul Ghaffar, Mohammad Iqbal, Khan Zaman, A M Nasir, Syeda Rabab Zehra Naqvi, Ovais Bin Laiq, Bilal Jamaee , Syed Ashiq Hussain Shah, Samatar Bashir, Amer Khattaq, Hassan Naseem, Atif Rasheed, Kaneze Akhthar, Shamsul Haq, Khadim Hussain, Mirza Tahir Baig, Mohammad Irfan, Malik Ghulam Hussain, Javeria Faraz, Mohammad Ajmal Khan, Sikander Hayat Awan, Mubashir Shahid, Tariq Shahid, Mr Kamran, Mr Saleem, Javaid Iqbal, Pervez Akhthar, Raheem Khan Rajput, Ikhlaas Khan, Aswah Gul, Ansar Abbas, Athar Iftikhar, Haji Gul Mehboob, Farooq Khan, Syed Jawad Ali, Ayesha Amir, Aliza Amir, Abu Baqr Izhar, Sapna Munawar, Farooq Nadeem, Mohammad Asif, Hassan Adeel, Malik Muhammad Ajmal, Owais Khan, Romaisa Khan, Muhammad Saleem, Mujahid Rehman, Aesar Ali, Tasleem Kausar, Muhammad Ibrahim, Ghulam Rasool, Mrs Sabira, Mrs Gulshad, Mr Rawaha, Ali Akber, Muhammad Rafique, Syed Haider Zulfiqar Shah, Muhammad Saleem Akhtar, Rizwan Ghani Khan, Amber Rizwan, Muhammad Zawar Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Muskan Rizwan, Farid Ahmed Alvi, Kiran Alvi, Muhammad Khalid, Asif Shehzad, Ayesha Asif, Syed Ainullah Agha, Afzal Masood, Syed Attaullah Hashmi, Waheed Shaikh, Navaid Chaudhry and Rehmat Khan. 

(This list includes names of two passengers who could not board the plane, but their names could not be ascertained).

Islamabad Plane Crash in Urdu News

Pakistan search for black box into third day

Awaz Apni ISLAMABAD: Investigators spent a third day searching Friday for the black box of a Pakistani jet that crashed into Islamabad's hills, killing all 152 people on board, officials said.

The search for human remains has been called off and most bodies handed over to families for burial, police said.

The Airblue passenger jet crashed in a ball of fire in the forested Margalla Hills overlooking the Pakistani capital in heavy rain and poor visibility on Wednesday, while trying to land after flying from Karachi.

"We have recovered remains of all the dead bodies. Now our focus is on the investigation and we are searching for any clue which can help us," senior Islamabad police official Bani Amin told media.

Monsoon rains hampered the search for two days, but aviation experts and other investigators resumed work after the weather cleared on Friday.

Investigators are focusing on the black box as the flight data recorder will provide valuable clues as to why the 10-year-old Airbus 321, which was piloted by an experienced captain, came down.

"Today the investigators are going to the hilltop. The priority is the black box and any other technical clue from the wreckage," Ramzan Sajid, spokesman for the Islamabad city administration official, told media.

Airblue, one of Pakistan's most respected airlines, has been tight-lipped about any possible technical fault or pilot error.

Reports that the pilot was told to take another route were mere speculation, company spokesman Raheel Ahmad told media.

The only deadlier civilian plane crash involving a Pakistani jet occurred when a PIA Airbus A300 crashed into a cloud-covered hillside on approach to the Nepalese capital Kathmandu in 1992, killing 167 people.