DNA samples from Habibah's siblings needed to identify remains

DNA samples from the siblings of the late Datin Habibah Mahmud who was killed in a helicopter crash in Pakistan on Friday, are needed to identify her remains, says a Malaysian diplomat.

Malaysian Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan, Aiyub Omar said the Pakistan Foreign Ministry relayed this information to him, based on feedback from the hospital.

"This has been communicated to Wisma Putra (Malaysian Foreign Ministry) for further action," the diplomat based in Islamabad told Bernama today.

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Helicopter crash in Pakistan

Habibah, the wife of Malaysian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Datuk Dr Hasrul Sani Mujtabar, was among seven people killed in the helicopter crash at the Naltar Valley in Gilgit-Baltist, northern Pakistan.