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Pakistani Passenger Plane Crashes

by Ayaz Gul

   A Pakistani passenger plane carrying at least 40 people from the
   northern town of Chitral to Islamabad crashed Wednesday, officials
   confirmed.

   The ATR-42 aircraft of the state-run Pakistan International Airline
   went down in an isolated mountainous area near the town of Havelian and
   caught fire immediately, witnesses and provincial police said.

   A military spokesman said it has dispatched troops and helicopters to
   the site to help in rescue efforts.
   A renowned Pakistani singer turned entrepreneur, Junaid Jamshed and his
   family were among the passengers, his family and PIA officials
   confirmed.