Rawalpindi: A special aircraft carrying Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and several federal ministers made an emergency landing today shortly after taking off from a military airbase in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi.
The aircraft, which was going to Sukkur in Sindh province, returned to Chaklala airbase shortly after take-off and made an emergency landing as it had developed technical problems, TV news channels quoted officials as saying.
All persons on board the aircraft, including Mr Gilani and Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan, were safe, officials told the media.
The exact nature of the technical problems could not be immediately ascertained.
The premier and his delegation later left for Sukkur in a different aircraft.
The aircraft, which was going to Sukkur in Sindh province, returned to Chaklala airbase shortly after take-off and made an emergency landing as it had developed technical problems, TV news channels quoted officials as saying.
All persons on board the aircraft, including Mr Gilani and Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan, were safe, officials told the media.
The exact nature of the technical problems could not be immediately ascertained.
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The premier and his delegation later left for Sukkur in a different aircraft.
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