A Mi-17 helicopter of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Muzaffarabad during take-off due to a technical fault on Wednesday. All personnel on board embraced Shahadat. There were no survivors. Rescue and recovery teams immediately reached the crash site. A board of inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the exact technical cause of the accident. COAS […]
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Memon expresses grief over Army helicopter crash
Sindh Senior Minister and Provincial Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit, Sharjeel Inam Memon, has expressed deep grief over the Pakistan Army helicopter accident in Muzaffarabad and extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of the martyred officers and soldiers. In a statement, Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said that the entire nation is […]
Ukraine claims downed five Russian planes, helicopter
Kyiv: The Ukrainian military claimed on Thursday to have downed five Russian planes and a helicopter in the east of the country near a rebel-held enclave. “According to the Joint Forces Command, today, February 24, in the area of the Joint Forces operation, five planes and a helicopter of the aggressors were shot down,” the […]
Russian helicopter crash in northern Siberia kills 18: ministry
MOSCOW: Moscow on Saturday said 18 people were killed when a helicopter crashed on its way to an oil station in northern Siberia in the early hours of the morning. The Russian Transport Ministry said the Mi-8 helicopter carrying three crew members and 15 passengers crashed when it collided with machinery carried by another helicopter […]
Imran Khan summoned on Aug 7 in helicopter case
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday summoned Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan on August 7 in connection with the alleged misuse of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s official helicopters. Imran Khan is accused of illegally using KP government’s helicopters for 74 hours which caused a loss of Rs2.1 million to the national exchequer. Inquiry regarding misuse of helicopters […]
NAB orders inquiry into Imran’s use of state-owned helicopters
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal has taken notice of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan’s use of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief minister’s official helicopter for non-government visits. According to a press release issued by the NAB, the chairman has ordered bureau’s provincial director general to conduct an inquiry. “The PTI […]