ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman on Saturday said the helicopter which crashed in Naltar Valley of Gilgit-Baltistan had lost control due to mechanical fault moments before landing. The Air chief speaking to state television said the helicopters behaviour … read more
WASHINGTON: Prominent Islamabad-based Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Muaffaq Zaidan was put on a watch-list of suspected terrorists by US authorities based on the suspicion that he was a member of Al Qaeda. The news portal, which reports on documents released … read more
ISLAMABAD: Ruling out the possibility of any terrorist activity, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry on Friday said the helicopter crash in Gilgit’s Naltar Valley happened due to engine failure. Speaking at a press briefing, he extended the government’s condolences over the … read more
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to seek explanation from candidates of PK-95 by-election won by Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday. Expressing concerns about barring women from the voting process, the commission will issue notice to all seven candidates and ask … read more
GILGIT: Ambassador of Philippines Domingo D Lucenario Jr, Ambassador of Norway Leif Larsen and the wives of the Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors were among seven people killed in a helicopter crash in Naltar Valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region on Friday. … read more