Plane with 127 on board crashes near Islamabad

A civilian plane crashed in Pakistan on Friday due to bad weather, media reports said. The Bhoja Airlines 213 was flying from Karachi to Islamabad.
 
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has asked IG Police Islamabad to oversee the rescue operations.There were 127 passengers on board the Boeing 737 and the aircraft made last contact with the air traffic control at 6:40 pm on Friday evening.

According to the reports, the plane crashed near Rawalpindi Airport. The ATC had given landing clearance to the plane.
 
Reports coming in of the crash site are indicating that the debris has been spread over a few kilometres.
 
Reports say survival chances are nil and an emergency has been declared in Rawalpindi.
 
The airliner crashed into a farmland and is completely destroyed says an eyewitness.
 
All hospitals in Islamabad have been put on a high alert following the crash especially Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).
 
The army has been sent to the spot for rescue operations.