Funerals held for 24 victims of Naran bus accident

Funerals for 24 victims of Naran bus accident were held at the Army Helipad in Gilgit on Monday morning. The funerals for the other two victims were held the day before. 

26 people were killed in a bus crash in Naran’s Gati Das, near the Babusar Top . Ten of the victims were Pakistan Army soldiers.

The coffins were all wrapped with the Pakistan flag. The bodies were sent to the victims’ hometowns via army helicopters after the funeral.

Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman, Governor Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon and Northern Areas Forces Commander Major General Ahsan Mahmood attended the funerals.