Pakistan crash: Dr Hasrul Sani uploads photo on Facebook before tragedy

Malaysian High Commissioner to Pakistan Datuk Dr Hasrul Sani Mujtabar, who was injured in a helicopter crash in the Naltar Valley, Pakistan early Friday, managed to upload a photograph on his Facebook account, before the tragedy.

The photograph, which was uploaded into the Facebook account under the name Hasrul Sani Mujtabar, showed Dr Hasrul Sani with his wife, Datin Habibah Mahmud and the other delegation members who were in the same helicopter.

The photograph was uploaded with the caption: "All set to fly off to Gilgit. Only for the brave hearts...hehehe".

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The photograph shows Dr Hasrul Sani (fourth, left) with Habibah (third, left) and other delegation members who were in the same helicopter. - Facebook/Hasrul Sani Mujtabar

In the crash, Habibah and five others were killed when the helicopter they were flying in crashed in the Naltar Valley area, Pakistan.

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The Foreign Ministry also confirmed that Dr Hasrul Sani was injured in the incident and was being treated at the Gilgit Hospital. "The helicopter was carrying foreign diplomats and their spouses. They were travelling during an official program of the Pakistan government.

"In the incident the ambassadors of Norway, Holland and the Philippines as well as the wife of the Indonesian ambassador were reported killed," said Wisma Putra in a statement.