[DAWN] The body of singer-turned-preacher Junaid Jamshed was identified on Monday with the help of dental and facial x-rays, reported DawnNews."The body was identified with the help of samples from teeth and x-rays of his face," said Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Capt (r) Mushtaq Ahmed.
Earlier, the remains of at least 23 victims of the the PK-661 plane crash near Havelian were transported to the Pakistain Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) in Islamabad for DNA testing.
The remains of the victims will be handed over to their surviving relatives after identification.
PIA flight PK-661 carrying 48 passengers and crew crashed on the way to Islamabad from Chitral on December 8 at 4:42pm PST.
The Civil Aviation Authority confirmed there were no survivors from the ill-fated flight.
The passenger list confirmed there were 31 men, 9 women and 2 infants on board the flight, including singer-cum-evangelist Junaid Jamshed and his family, as well as three foreigners.
The ATR-42 aircraft departed from Chitral at around 3:30pm and was expected to land at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto
... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in...
International Airport at around 4:40pm but crashed in Havelian near Abbottabad
... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden....
shortly after a distress call was sent to the control tower.