Skardu copter crash: Funeral prayer offered

RAWALPINDI: Namaz-e-Janaza of six shuhada soldiers of Wednesday Helicopter crash at Skardu was offered at Qasim Army Aviation Base Rawalpindi today.

According to ISPR, an MI - 17 Helicopter was crashed near Skardu Airport yesterday, during test flight, in which six crew members (Major Amir Azam, Havildar Abdual Waheed, Havildar Zeeshan Haider, Naik Muhammad Imran, Sepoy Kaleem Ullah and Sepoy Noor Mustafa) embraced shahadat and two were critically injured.

A large number of senior officers, Jawans and relatives attended the funeral ceremony. Later Jisd-e-Khakis were dispatched to their native home towns.