Sindh Health Minister AzraPechuho has said that 19 victims of the Karachi plane crash have been identified while DNA reports of the rest will take 21 days to arrive. She was holding a press conference with Information and Local Government Minister Nasir Hussain Shah and provincial government spokesman Murtaza Wahab on Saturday. The Health Minister said a total of 97 people were killed in the crash while two survived, of which one is admitted in Dar-ul-Sehat and the other was being treated at the Civil Hospital. She said that after the incident, 66 bodies were taken to Jinnah and 31 to Civil Hospital including 68 men, 26 women and 3 children. So far, 19 bodies have been identified and handed over to their families.Pechuho said that so far DNA samples of 97 bodies have been taken and 47 relatives have also submitted samples of their DNA. Speaking on the occasion, Murtaza Wahab while giving details of the losses sustained by local population from plane crash said that 19 house, 10 cars and 13 motorcycles were damaged due to the plane crash. He said that 16 people of the Model Town neighbourhood sustained injuries during the incident. “We have shifted all families to a hotel after their homes were damaged during the incident,” he said. Murtaza Wahab lauded the masses for playing a responsible role during the incident and said that similar responsible behavior is need of the hour to tackle coronavirus in the province. He further urged the masses to observe Eid with simplicity while adopting precautionary measures to avoid contracting coronavirus.
