PAT chief Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has expressed his deep sense of grief and sorrow on the loss of precious lives in a helicopter crash in Naltar valley today. He termed the incident as a national tragedy in which diplomats belonging to friendly countries, their wives and two majors of Pakistan Army lost their lives in addition to injuries sustained by others. He said that the whole Pakistani nation is grieved on this incident. In his condolence message to embassies of Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippine, he said that the people of Pakistan share the grief of the bereaved families. He also expressed his deepest grief on the martyrdom of pilots of the unfortunate helicopter and prayed to Allah Almighty to rest the departed souls in eternal peace and grant patience to their bereaved families to bear the loss of their near and dear ones. He also prayed for early recover of the injured. Meanwhile, PAT President Dr Raheeq Ahmad Abbasi and Secretary General Khurram Nawaz Gandapur have also expressed their sorrow on the loss of precious lives in a helicopter crash near Gilgit-Baltistan.