Govt takes special arrangements to send envoys, spouses bodies

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ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to send dead bodies of the envoys and spouses who lost their lives in the tragic helicopter crash to their countries in special planes with a cabinet minister.

The premier has deputed Abdul Qadir Baloch to Norway, Ahsan Iqbal to Malaysia and Indonesia while Khurram Dastgir Khan will go to the Philippines.

The ministers would take the dead bodies on special flights as a gesture of respect and to show the importance Pakistan attaches to its relations with these countries.