UAE leaders send condolences to Pakistan president for PIA plane crash victims - GulfToday

UAE leaders send condolences to Pakistan president for PIA plane crash victims

  • 23 May 2020
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Sheikh Khalifa, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid and Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed.

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable of condolences to President Arif Alvi of Pakistan for the victims of the plane crash in Karachi.

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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, dispatched similar condolences to the Pakistani president.

mournersKarachiA family arrive to identify body of their family member, who was killed in the Friday's plane crash, at a morgue in Karachi. AP

Earlier the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation extended its sincere condolences to the government and people of Pakistan for the victims of the PIA plane crash.

PIAcrashvictimAmbulanceRelatives sit beside the body of a victim in an ambulance to transport for burial a day after the crash. AFP

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed its solidarity and support for Pakistan in this tragedy, underscoring its profound condolences to the Government of Pakistan and the families of the victims and wishes for the speedy recovery of all the injured.

 

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