Five crew members were killed in monsoon-hit northern Pakistan after a provincial government chopper, which was on a rescue mission, crashed in bad weather.
According to The Times of India, the Mi-17 chopper was carrying relief goods for flood-affected areas of Bajaur. It crashed in the Pandiyali area of Mohmand district due to bad weather, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur said in a statement.
“Five crew members, including two pilots, were killed,” AFP quoted the minister as saying.
Chief Secretary of the province, Shahab Ali Shah, told PTI that bad weather conditions led to the crash, but the authorities are examining whether any other factors were involved.
In a separate incident , Over 90 people were taken into custody by Karachi Police for indulging in aerial firing during Independence Day celebrations, which turned deadly, ARY News reported. According to the report, police also seized 68 illegal weapons from the suspects, with more than 100 FIRs registered.
ARY News further quoted a police official as saying that additional cases of murder and attempted murder are being filed against those responsible.
The celebrations took a tragic turn as aerial firing claimed at least three lives and left 82 others injured across the city. According to ARY News, East Zone reported 30 injuries, West Zone 43, and South Zone 12.
The victims included an eight-year-old girl in Azizabad, who was fatally struck in the head, and two elderly men in Korangi and Lyari who died after being shot in the head and neck. Among the injured were 51 men, 24 women, six boys, and one girl, ARY News added.
