Bhoja Air plane crash: Newlywed couples killed

ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Among those who were killed in the plane crash were newlywed couple Tanveer Jan and Sadaf – who had adjoining seats, 18-A and 18-B. The couple wed a month ago and lived in the Gulshan-e-Hadeed area. They had been invited to Islamabad by Tanveer Jan’s uncle so they could travel and enjoy a late honeymoon. Those dreams are now over. Tanveer Jan’s brother Kabeer was among those trying desperately to get some news. He told The Express Tribune that they had not been able to get an answer from the authorities in Karachi or Islamabad or any information on available flights.  Kabeer said that their family were small-time landowners from Shikarpur and Tanveer Jan worked as a goods transporter.  There were similar emotional scenes at Islamabad airport as distraught relatives wept bitterly for the victims of the crash. I had come to receive my newly wed son and daughter-in-law. My son Sajjad Ali married only 20 days back. He was coming with his wife Sania Abbas today, I had come to receive the couple,” said one heartbroken old man.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 21^st, 2012.